Amputations

Name: Amputations at Mission Foods
Start: 7/2/2021

1 amputation · 2021075434 · 7/2/2021 · Mission Foods

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Mission Foods
Location: 4433 S. 94th St, OMAHA, NEBRASKA, 68127
NAICS: 311830
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was assembling a vertical dough lift machine which required four bolts to assemble. The employee installed the top two bolts. While attempting to align the holes and install the bottom two bolts, the machine shifted and the employee's left little finger was caught in a pinch point resulting in amputation after the second knuckle.

Source

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