Amputations

Name: Amputations at Sorrento Lactalis, Inc.
Start: 7/14/2016

1 amputation · 2016076356 · 7/14/2016 · Sorrento Lactalis, Inc.

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, n.e.c.
Source: Dairy and milk processing machinery-specialized

Employer

Name: Sorrento Lactalis, Inc.
Location: 2375 South Park Avenue, BUFFALO, NEW YORK, 14220
NAICS: 311513
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was in the process of setting up an RMC machine that takes mozzarella cheese and forms it into a block. The employee was installing a plastic wedge (approx. 2 ft. x 2 ft. x 1 in. thick, weighing approx. 25 lbs.) into the machine and amputated the right index fingertip.

Source

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