Amputations

Name: Amputations at Axium Foods, Inc.
Start: 6/27/2017

1 amputation · 2017065894 · 6/27/2017 · Axium 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: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Axium Foods, Inc.
Location: 239 Oak Grove Ave.,, SOUTH BELOIT, ILLINOIS, 61080
NAICS: 311919
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was checking a clog or jam while purging a tortilla masa pump when his left hand entered the pump opening and contacted the impellers, amputating his left ring fingertip and part of his index finger.

Source

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