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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2024010796 · 1/25/2024 · Kerry Group PLC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event
Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning
Source
Mixers, blenders, whippers food and beverage
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
Kerry Group PLC
Location
N168W21455 Main St., JACKSON, WISCONSIN, 53037
NAICS
311942
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was manually disassembling a sifter system on the second floor, under a bag dump station that was above a blender that mixed dry food ingredients to be packaged. He disengaged three of the four clamps and was trying to disengage the fourth with his left hand; his right hand was caught under the sifter housing when it tilted, resulting in amputation of the ring fingertip and a laceration on the middle finger. The machine was de-energized and isolated at the time.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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