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Amputations

1 amputation · 2017076396 · 7/11/2017 · Birds Eye Foods

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 and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
Secondary source
Handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Birds Eye Foods
Location
W880 County Road X, DARIEN, WISCONSIN, 53114
NAICS
311412
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was using a stainless steel, 72-inch-long probe to break up frozen vegetables in a hopper when the stainless steel probe came into contact with the mechanical cluster buster at the bottom of the hopper, causing it to twist and pinch the employee's pinky fingertip between the top of the hopper edge and the stainless steel probe. The fingertip was amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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