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Amputations

1 amputation · 2017054426 · 5/16/2017 · Amish Wedding Foods, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Bottling, canning, filling machinery

Employer

Name
Amish Wedding Foods, Inc.
Location
316 South Mad Anthony Street, MILLERSBURG, OHIO, 44654
NAICS
722310
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was removing a jammed pickle from a tumbler filler when it rotated and amputated the employee's left index finger. The machine was not locked out at the time.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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