MILLSBORO, DELAWARE·
Mountaire Farms of Delaware
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Mountaire Farms of Delaware, 29006 John J. Williams Highway, MILLSBORO, DELAWARE 19966 on , Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was performing a rebuild of an auto-rehanger carriage, replacing the shaft and bearings. He had installed the last shaft bearing and realized that it was not seated properly. While working to remove the bearing with a hammer, he struck the bearing housing; the shaft and bearing housing dropped approximately one inch, catching his left middle fingertip against the machine frame. The employee sustained an amputation to the finger.
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