Amputations

Name: Amputations at SENECA FOODS CORP
Start: 9/9/2020

1 amputation · 2020098575 · 9/9/2020 · SENECA FOODS CORP

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: Bottling, canning, filling machinery

Employer

Name: SENECA FOODS CORP
Location: 640 CAUGHLIN ROAD, CLYMAN, WISCONSIN, 53016
NAICS: 311421
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was setting up a canning line to package sliced beets. While checking to see if any food was stuck from sanitation, the employee's index finger contacted the rotating metal vanes of the rotary valve resulting in amputation.

Source

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