Amputations

Name: Amputations at Westby Cooperative Creamery
Start: 10/20/2016

1 amputation · 2016109908 · 10/20/2016 · Westby Cooperative Creamery

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: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Westby Cooperative Creamery
Location: 401 S Main Street, WESTBY, WISCONSIN, 54667
NAICS: 311513
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was setting up the dry curd press to package a product when the machine cycled causing an amputation to the employee's right ring fingertip.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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