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Amputations

1 amputation · 2016098937 · 9/21/2016 · Tuls Dairy - Butler County Dairy, LLC

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 regular operation
Source
Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck

Employer

Name
Tuls Dairy - Butler County Dairy, LLC
Location
2670 D Rd, RISING CITY, NEBRASKA, 68658
NAICS
112120
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

After filling up the milk tanker truck, the employee was closing the plunger valve by hand. The employee's finger was over the edge of the flange, and when the valve was sucked in it amputated the right middle fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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