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Crushing injuries

1 hospitalization · 2018054824 · 5/17/2018 · Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Crushing injuries

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Plastic injection molding machinery

Employer

Name
Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc.
Location
2004 N. UNIVERSITY ST., PEORIA, ILLINOIS, 61604
NAICS
311511
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was adjusting a blow molding milk container machine when it closed on and smashed the employee's right pinky, resulting in hospitalization and surgery.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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