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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017109950 · 10/17/2017 · Resers Fine Foods

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage

Employer

Name
Resers Fine Foods
Location
3139 SE 10th street, TOPEKA, KANSAS, 66607
NAICS
311412
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was using a cleaning scrub pad and water hose to clean a horizontal mixer when his right hand entered the mixer opening and was caught in the machine resulting in a finger amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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