Amputations

Name: Amputations at Hormel Foods Corporation
Start: 9/28/2018

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20180910036 · 9/28/2018 · Hormel Foods Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
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 during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage

Employer

Name: Hormel Foods Corporation
Location: 3000 Kennedy Drive, BELOIT, WISCONSIN, 53511
NAICS: 311422
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning a mixer when she contacted the moving mixer blade, amputating four fingers on her left hand and requiring hospitalization. The mixer was guarded at the time of the incident.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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