Amputations

Name: Amputations at GLK Foods, LLC
Start: 4/6/2017

1 amputation · 2017043111 · 4/6/2017 · GLK Foods, 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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Bottling, canning, filling machinery

Employer

Name: GLK Foods, LLC
Location: 400 Clark Street, BEAR CREEK, WISCONSIN, 54922
NAICS: 311421
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On April 6, 2017, an employee was cleaning a canning machine when the employee's right index fingertip contacted a rotating auger and was amputated. The machine was running and unguarded at the time.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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