Amputations

Name: Amputations at GDM Seeds, Inc.
Start: 9/19/2018

1 amputation · 2018099682 · 9/19/2018 · GDM Seeds, Inc.

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 during regular operation
Source: Combines

Employer

Name: GDM Seeds, Inc.
Location: Ivesdale Field, IVESDALE, ILLINOIS, 61851
NAICS: 111110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a combine to harvest soybeans when an access door became unlatched, exposing a rotating auger. As the employee attempted to re-latch the door, the rotating auger amputated the distal phalanx of the employee's third right finger.

Source

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