Amputations

Name: Amputations at Glanbia Foods Inc.
Start: 2/15/2016

1 amputation · 2016021403 · 2/15/2016 · Glanbia Foods 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: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified

Employer

Name: Glanbia Foods Inc.
Location: 1572 E Highway 26, RICHFIELD, IDAHO, 83349
NAICS: 311514
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was drying the star valve with a paper towel when the machine turned on. The valve rotated and sucked the towel and the employee's finger into the rotating equipment resulting in the amputation of the middle finger to the first knuckle.

Source

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