Amputations

Name: Amputations at Midland Commodities Group, Inc.
Start: 1/9/2019

1 amputation · 2019010288 · 1/9/2019 · Midland Commodities Group, 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: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified

Employer

Name: Midland Commodities Group, Inc.
Location: 18510 206th St West, BUFFALO PRAIRIE, ILLINOIS, 61237
NAICS: 452990
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating the patty machine and was wiping off excess meat when the machine cycled and amputated the employee's right index finger between the first and second distal joints.

Source

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