Amputations

Name: Amputations at Chef John Folse & Co
Start: 2/26/2018

1 amputation · 2018021958 · 2/26/2018 · Chef John Folse & Co

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: Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage

Employer

Name: Chef John Folse & Co
Location: 45270 Chef John Folse Bvld, DONALDSONVILLE, LOUISIANA, 70346
NAICS: 311412
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working on a horizontal mixer, evacuating the kettle into a receiving hopper. He saw a piece of cheese at the end of the hopper and attempted to remove it. His hand then became lodged within the turning auger, and his middle finger was amputated at the second knuckle.

Source

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