DALHART, TEXAS—
Hilmar Cheese Company
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c. · Amputations
Final narrative
On or about October 8, 2015, at 1135 hours, a worker for Hilmar Cheese Company was unhooking a hose from a truck that he thought had finished unloading heavy cream. The truck was still loading and the hose was under pressure. When the worker unhooked the hose, the valve slammed shut on his finger. The worker was taken to Dalhart Memorial Hospital and later to BSA Hospital in Amarillo, where the distal phalanges of his right index finger were removed due to the extent of his injury.
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