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Amputations

1 amputation · 20181212811 · 12/13/2018 · GROVE COLLABORATIVE, 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
Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery

Employer

Name
GROVE COLLABORATIVE, INC
Location
1000 Premier Parkway, SAINT PETERS, MISSOURI, 63376
NAICS
454110
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was changing out packing paper in a machine used to crinkle paper for packing and shipping when their hand entered the machine and the left middle fingertip was lacerated. The injury will require surgical amputation. The machine was running at the time.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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