TOLLESON, AZ — A meat-processing plant in the West Valley has been fined for more worker safety violations.
An employee was doing maintenance on a machine in late December at JBS Tolleson when his hand got stuck in a chain and a finger was amputated, according to a report released this week by the Arizona Division of Occupational Safety and Health (ADOSH).
The state’s worker-safety agency cited the company $12,524 for serious worker-safety violations. ADOSH said the machine did not have proper safety guards, and the employee oiling the moving chain was wearing loose-fitting cotton gloves.
The ADOSH report says the employee should have been wearing tight-fitting clothing, and that machines should be oiled when they are not in motion, whenever possible.
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