Amputations

Name: Amputations at Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc.
Start: 5/12/2015

1 amputation · 2015052804 · 5/12/2015 · Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Conveyors-chain

Employer

Name: Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc.
Location: 1800 Adams Street, GRANITE CITY, ILLINOIS, 62040
NAICS: 311511
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning around a drain in the area where milk cartons are placed on a conveyor belt. The employee reached in around the conveyor's chain-and-sprocket drive, which pulled and partially amputated the employee's right thumb between the sprocket and chain.

Source

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