Amputations

Name: Amputations at Consumers Supply Distributing, LLC
Start: 9/19/2016

1 amputation · 2016098892 · 9/19/2016 · Consumers Supply Distributing, LLC

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: Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Consumers Supply Distributing, LLC
Location: 5101 Harbor Drive, NORTH SIOUX CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57049
NAICS: 311119
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

The employee was replacing a bag on the airlock system when the motor started running. The machine's moving parts amputated the employee's right middle finger.

Source

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