Amputations

Name: Amputations at Marathon Cheese Corporation
Start: 7/16/2015

1 amputation · 2015074726 · 7/16/2015 · Marathon Cheese Corporation

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery

Employer

Name: Marathon Cheese Corporation
Location: 500 East Parker Drive, BOONEVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, 38829
NAICS: 311513
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning out a powder hopper while standing on a platform ladder. He slipped, and his right hand went into the hopper to the bottom auger, which was about 12 inches from the top of the hopper. He sustained a right index fingertip amputation.

Source

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