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Amputations

1 amputation · 2021098352 · 9/28/2021 · Greenfield Custom Meat

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery

Employer

Name
Greenfield Custom Meat
Location
2965 West Amity Road, MERIDIAN, IDAHO, 83642
NAICS
445210
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was packaging meat with a plastic packing machine. The employee attempted to remove a jam in the machine when their left index finger contacted the machine's cutting blade, resulting in a 3/4-inch amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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