Carthage, MS ·
OSHA Injury Report: Carthage Plant (Choctaw)
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Carthage Plant (Choctaw) in 3865 Hwy 35 North, Carthage, MS 39051 resulted in days away from work. Employee was chiller Rehanger Labor PRU in poultry Processing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Carthage Plant (Choctaw)
- Parent company
- TYSON FARMS, INC.
- Street
- 3865 Hwy 35 North
- City
- Carthage
- State
- MS
- ZIP
- 39051
- On-site location
- Cut up dumper
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 9
- Days restricted or transferred
- 88
Before the incident
Dumping a combo vat into a bin
What happened
After dumping vat of chicken on to a bin the bag inside the vat began to fall into the binperiod TM attempted to catch bag with right hand while left hand was on the iron bar when the vat slipped and fell causing it to smash finger between vat and barperiod
Injury or illness
Left Finger 4th (pinky) Laceration; 7forward slash4forward slash23 Left DIP laceration of pinkyperiod 7forward slash5forward slash23 Left Small finger open distal phalanx fractureperiod 7forward slash6forward slash23 left little finger partial amputation through distal phalanx
Object or substance involved
Smashed Between Vat And Iron Bar
Summary line
Left Finger 4th (pinky) Laceration
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Chiller Rehanger Labor PRU
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 311615: Poultry Processing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 1,662
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 2,755,562
- EIN
- 560754148
- Establishment ID
- 401809
- Employer case #
- CRCW-2023-
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 16:10
- Time of incident
- 00:25
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-13
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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