Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2017-04-09 | Waelder | Texas | Cal-Maine Foods | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was repairing a feed line auger that had tension in the system. The employee thought he had the energy released, but it was spring loaded. When the energy released, it pinched his finger against the cage. His finger was surgically amputated. | |||||
2016-05-03 | Waelder | Texas | J Bar B Foods, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee opened a smoke house to supervise the water temperature and in doing so, boiling water was released onto the employee's feet. |