Amputations

Name: Amputations at Hy-Vee, Inc
Start: 4/9/2017

1 amputation · 2017043206 · 4/9/2017 · Hy-Vee, Inc

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: Food slicers
Secondary source: Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name: Hy-Vee, Inc
Location: 2501 Cornhusker Dr., SOUTH SIOUX CITY, NEBRASKA, 68776
NAICS: 445110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using the right hand to push meat across a meat slicer when the employee's vinyl glove was caught by the slicer blade, pulling the employee's right thumb into the blade. The employee's right thumb tip was amputated along with part of the thumbnail.

Source

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