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Amputations

1 amputation · 2021098124 · 9/21/2021 · Wiskerchen Cheese, Inc.

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 regular operation
Source
Food slicers

Employer

Name
Wiskerchen Cheese, Inc.
Location
5710 County Road H, AUBURNDALE, WISCONSIN, 54412
NAICS
311513
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

As an employee was removing a wheel of cheese from a hydraulic wheel cutter, her right little fingertip was pinched underneath a cutting wire, resulting in an amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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