Amputations

Name: Amputations at Interbake Foods LLC
Start: 4/1/2015

1 amputation · 2015041652 · 4/1/2015 · Interbake Foods LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Struck against object or equipment while moving it
Source: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Interbake Foods LLC
Location: One Devils Food Drive, NORTH SIOUX CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57049
NAICS: 311821
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

At approximately 3:45 AM on April 1, 2015, at the Interbake Foods LLC bakery in North Sioux City, South Dakota, the injured employee was helping other employees move a rotary molder machine by hand. While moving the machine, his right index fingertip was amputated halfway down his fingernail by the hinge on a 2' x 2' control panel box attached to the rotary machine.

Source

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