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Amputations

1 amputation · 2021097584 · 9/3/2021 · Pure's Food Specialties, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage

Employer

Name
Pure's Food Specialties, LLC
Location
2929 S. 25th Ave., BROADVIEW, ILLINOIS, 60155
NAICS
333294
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

While dispensing icing into a container, an employee went to unclog some of the material from a mixer. A rotating shaft inside the mixer caused an amputation to the employee's right index finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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