Amputations

Name: Amputations at Simplot Land & Livestock
Start: 9/21/2022

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2022098330 · 9/21/2022 · Simplot Land & Livestock

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Elevators

Employer

Name: Simplot Land & Livestock
Location: 223 Rodeo Dr., GRAND VIEW, IDAHO, 83624
NAICS: 112112
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was trying to unplug an elevator leg. As the employee tried to lift the motor and drive belts to free the augers, the stored energy in an auger pulled the employee's fingers into a pulley and belt. The employee suffered an amputation to a right-hand fingertip.

Source

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