Amputations

Name: Amputations at Marathon Cheese Corporation
Start: 7/14/2021

1 amputation · 2021075761 · 7/14/2021 · Marathon Cheese Corporation

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Special process machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Marathon Cheese Corporation
Location: 304 East Street, MARATHON, WISCONSIN, 54448
NAICS: 311513
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was preparing to straighten a photo proximity eye in a machine when their left index finger was pinched between a moving belt and a fixed component of the machine, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The machine was unguarded at the time of the incident.

Source

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