Amputations

Name: Amputations at O-AT-KA Milk Products Cooperative, Inc.
Start: 6/19/2017

1 amputation · 2017065619 · 6/19/2017 · O-AT-KA Milk Products Cooperative, 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 or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Valves, nozzles

Employer

Name: O-AT-KA Milk Products Cooperative, Inc.
Location: 4815 Ellicott Street, BATAVIA, NEW YORK, 14020
NAICS: 311514
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was tightening a valve nut when the hydraulic action of the fluid inside the valve forced the valve shut. The valve closed on the employee's left ring finger, amputating the finger pad (no nail or bone loss). The valve's safety pin was not in place at the time.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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