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Amputations

1 amputation · 2022109092 · 10/17/2022 · Givaudan Flavors Corporation

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
Bottling, canning, filling machinery

Employer

Name
Givaudan Flavors Corporation
Location
100 E 69th St, CINCINNATI, OHIO, 45216
NAICS
339999
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning a filler machine when the bucket of the machine started to fall. The employee reached to stop it from falling and the lance of the filler contacted their right index finger, resulting in a partial amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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