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Amputations

1 amputation · 2018032400 · 3/10/2018 · The Amalgamated Sugar Company, 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 running equipment or machinery, unspecified
Source
Special process machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
The Amalgamated Sugar Company, LLC
Location
2320 ORCHARD DRIVE EAST, TWIN FALLS, IDAHO, 83301
NAICS
311313
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to change a blade on a knife straightener when the blade amputated half of the first digit on the employee's right hand. The knife straightener was operating at the time of the incident.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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