Amputations

Name: Amputations at Great Lakes Cheese Company, Inc.
Start: 9/17/2021

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2021098004 · 9/17/2021 · Great Lakes Cheese Company, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Sealing, stapling machinery

Employer

Name: Great Lakes Cheese Company, Inc.
Location: 17825 GREAT LAKES PARKWAY, HIRAM, OHIO, 44234
NAICS: 311513
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a trim sealer to seal a bag of trim cheese. The seal bar caught the employee's finger, causing a partial amputation to the fingertip.

Source

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