Amputations

Name: Amputations at Saputo Dairy Foods USA, LLC
Start: 2/28/2018

1 amputation · 2018022006 · 2/28/2018 · Saputo Dairy Foods USA, LLC

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 or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Valves, nozzles

Employer

Name: Saputo Dairy Foods USA, LLC
Location: 300 Industrial Dr. East, SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS, 75482
NAICS: 311511
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was performing preventative maintenance on an actuator when an air fitting came out of the valve, causing the actuator to come down on the employee's right index finger. The employee suffered an amputation of the right index finger between the first and second knuckles.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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