Amputations

Name: Amputations at B&G Foods North America, Inc.
Start: 1/17/2019

1 amputation · 2019010580 · 1/17/2019 · B&G Foods North America, 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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Broiling and frying equipment and appliances

Employer

Name: B&G Foods North America, Inc.
Location: 430 Industrial Circle, STOUGHTON, WISCONSIN, 53589
NAICS: 311422
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On January 17, 2019, an employee was cleaning a fryer machine and sustained a partial amputation to the right thumb after it became caught in a chain and sprocket. The machine was not locked out at the time.

Source

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