Amputations

Name: Amputations at Novita Nutrition
Start: 3/13/2018

1 amputation · 2018032481 · 3/13/2018 · Novita Nutrition

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified

Employer

Name: Novita Nutrition
Location: 47491 213th Street, AURORA, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57002
NAICS: 311119
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning the feed conditioner when his left index finger was caught in the rotary valve in the feed cyclone resulting in a fingertip amputation. The machine was not locked out or tagged out at the time.

Source

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