Amputations

Name: Amputations at Oatka Milk Products Cooperative, Inc
Start: 10/2/2018

1 amputation · 20181010181 · 10/2/2018 · Oatka Milk Products Cooperative, 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, n.e.c.
Source: Bottling, canning, filling machinery

Employer

Name: Oatka Milk Products Cooperative, Inc
Location: 4815 Ellicott Street Road, BATAVIA, NEW YORK, 14020
NAICS: 112120
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was checking a can filling line lid infeed. The lid feed actuator tripped and the feed mechanism started, amputating the tip/side of his right thumb. The guard had been removed at the time of the incident.

Source

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