Amputations

Name: Amputations at Highland Baking Company, Inc.
Start: 8/17/2018

1 amputation · 2018088453 · 8/17/2018 · Highland Baking Company, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Conveyors-powered, unspecified

Employer

Name: Highland Baking Company, Inc.
Location: 2301 Shermer Rd., NORTHBROOK, ILLINOIS, 60062
NAICS: 311811
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was standing alongside a conveyor placing pans on the belt when his left hand rested on a pneumatic rod that controls the tempo of production. The pneumatic rod retracted and caused an amputation to his left pinky finger. The rod was unguarded at the time of the incident.

Source

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