Amputations

Name: Amputations at Great Lakes Cheese of Wisconsin
Start: 10/24/2016

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20161010014 · 10/24/2016 · Great Lakes Cheese of Wisconsin

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Dairy and milk processing machinery-specialized
Secondary source: Jewelry, ID badge lanyards

Employer

Name: Great Lakes Cheese of Wisconsin
Location: 2200 Enterprise Avenue, LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN, 54603
NAICS: 311513
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee injured his ring finger after his ring got caught on the edge of the Kustner machine while descending a step ladder. The finger was later amputated.

Source

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