Amputations

Name: Amputations at Mexican Cheese Producers, Inc.
Start: 3/26/2021

1 amputation · 2021032588 · 3/26/2021 · Mexican Cheese Producers, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered

Employer

Name: Mexican Cheese Producers, Inc.
Location: 2010 Center Drive, DARLINGTON, WISCONSIN, 53530
NAICS: 311513
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was maneuvering a cheese cart when one of the cheese tubes on the cart came loose and struck his thumb, resulting in a partial amputation of the left thumb tip.

Source

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