Amputations

Name: Amputations at Sugar Creek Packing Company
Start: 8/28/2019

1 amputation · 2019088943 · 8/28/2019 · Sugar Creek Packing Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery

Employer

Name: Sugar Creek Packing Company
Location: 2101 Kenskill Avenue, WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, OHIO, 43160
NAICS: 311991
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning bag pieces out of a packaging machine when another employee cycled the machine. His right thumb came in contact with an internal blade and the tip was amputated (only flesh, no bone, partial nail).

Source

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