Amputations

Name: Amputations at Qvest Sanitation LLC
Start: 3/10/2020

1 amputation · 2020032259 · 3/10/2020 · Qvest Sanitation LLC

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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Food slicers
Secondary source: Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name: Qvest Sanitation LLC
Location: 1 Sweet Apple Wood Lane, CUDAHY, WISCONSIN, 53110
NAICS: 561720
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning the deli slicing room conveyor belt (the belt after the slicer) when the belt caught his glove and pulled his hand into the roller of the drive shaft. His left middle finger was amputated.

Source

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