Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 113824.015 - Employee fractures thumb when caught on shackle at start of

Accident Summary Nr: 113824.015 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 08/30/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1348026.015	09/21/2018		112330	Foster Poultry Farms

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on August 30, 2018, an employee was hanging turkey heads at the start of the evisceration line and reached in to move a shackle to the outside of the guide bar. The employee caught his left hand's thumb on another shackle and fractured it as well as stretching its tendon. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Caught By, Finger, Food processing, Fracture, Tendon, Thumb

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1348026.015	58	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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