Amputations

Name: Amputations at Epicurean Butter CO, LLC
Start: 10/19/2023

1 amputation · 2023109665 · 10/19/2023 · Epicurean Butter CO, LLC

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: Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Epicurean Butter CO, LLC
Location: 14902 Grant Street Unit 110, THORNTON, COLORADO, 80023
NAICS: 311991
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a machine that fills, seals, and places lids onto cups with butter. She walked over to the lidding mechanism to pick up lids when her right ring finger was caught by the feeding plate resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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