OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221403850
MAR-JAC POULTRY MS, LLC
HATTIESBURG, MS·
Event description
Employee amputates fingertip in conveyer belt
Investigation abstract
At 7:00 a.m. on October 19, 2021, an employee was working on the cone line at a poultry processing plant. The employee was retrieving cut chicken strips from the conveyor system's plastic chain belting by hand. Her finger wedged between a chain link and an undetermined fixed component of the conveyor, resulting in an amputation of the tip of her index finger. The employee was treated without hospitalization.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 48 F
- Event type
- 2
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