Amputations

Name: Amputations at MOMENCE PACKING COMPANY, INC.
Start: 10/26/2020

1 amputation · 20201010176 · 10/26/2020 · MOMENCE PACKING COMPANY, INC.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Fall on same level, n.e.c.
Source: Floor, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: MOMENCE PACKING COMPANY, INC.
Location: 334 WEST NORTH STREET, MOMENCE, ILLINOIS, 60954
NAICS: 311612
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was squatting to remove a roll from the labeling machine and fell backward. The employee attempted to break her fall by grabbing the base of the machine and contacted the spindle of the machine resulting in amputation of her left index fingertip. The machine was unguarded at the time.

Source

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