Amputations

Name: Amputations at Agropur Ingredients, Inc.
Start: 3/27/2015

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2015031524 · 3/27/2015 · Agropur Ingredients, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified

Employer

Name: Agropur Ingredients, Inc.
Location: 2340 Enterprise Ave., LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN, 54603
NAICS: 311514
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee's left index finger was amputated at the first knuckle after she reached into a chain-and-sprocket drive mechanism. The mechanism was moving at the time of the incident.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown