Amputations

Name: Amputations at Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc.
Start: 5/31/2023

1 amputation · 2023054809 · 5/31/2023 · Garden-Fresh Foods, 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, unspecified
Source: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified

Employer

Name: Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc.
Location: 726 S. 12th St., MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 53204
NAICS: 311991
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a machine to weigh a product when he noticed the weight was incorrect. The employee opened the machine to check the gasket and while his hand was on the piston, the machine was activated and amputated the employee's middle fingertip.

Source

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