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Amputations

1 amputation · 2018010145 · 1/5/2018 · International Dehydrated 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 regular operation
Source
Banding, baling, strapping machinery

Employer

Name
International Dehydrated Foods, Inc.
Location
700 S Chapell Drive, MONETT, MISSOURI, 65708
NAICS
311615
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was helping two other associates close a door to a cardboard baler. The injured employee and a coworker were pushing on the door while another was operating the baler controls. The injured employee instructed a coworker to close the hydraulic clamp that closes the door. The hydraulic clamp crushed the employee's four left-hand fingers (index through pinky) between the door and hydraulic clamp. The fingers were amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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