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Amputations

1 amputation · 2019066415 · 6/25/2019 · Gilster-Mary Lee Corporation

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
Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Gilster-Mary Lee Corporation
Location
111 Industrial Drive, CHESTER, ILLINOIS, 62233
NAICS
311230
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was operating a bagging machine at a cereal plant. The machine's jaws (which shut and sealed bags) caught the employee's left index finger and amputated it.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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