Amputations

Name: Amputations at Great Lakes Cheese of La Crosse, Wisconsin, Inc.
Start: 2/7/2018

1 amputation · 2018021284 · 2/7/2018 · Great Lakes Cheese of La Crosse, Wisconsin, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Nonclassifiable
Secondary source: Skids, pallets

Employer

Name: Great Lakes Cheese of La Crosse, Wisconsin, Inc.
Location: 2200 Enterprise Avenue, LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN, 54603
NAICS: 311513
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

The injured employee was adjusting a pallet when another employee placed product onto the pallet that the injured employee was adjusting, pinching the injured employee's right middle finger between the pallet and a spacer resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Source

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