Amputations

Name: Amputations at Del Monte Foods, Inc.
Start: 10/1/2015

1 amputation · 2015107287 · 10/1/2015 · Del Monte Foods, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Bottling, canning, filling machinery

Employer

Name: Del Monte Foods, Inc.
Location: 801 W. Commerce Street, CAMBRIA, WISCONSIN, 53923
NAICS: 311421
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee and a coworker were installing a drive pin on a filler machine. The employee was holding the equipment while the coworker manually turned the filler. The employee's finger got pinched between the motor casing and the filler drum, amputating the left middle fingertip.

Source

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