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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation · 2024021796 · 2/27/2024 · Grain Millers, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source
Machinery unspecified
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
Grain Millers, Inc.
Location
5703 County Road U, NEWTON, WISCONSIN, 53063
NAICS
311211
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee climbed up to the penthouse (a small area three levels up) to manually adjust the 4-way diverter to be over the correct bin prior to starting the next order. The employee opened one of the access doors on the 4-way diverter to visually observe the bin to which the diverter was directed. The employee went to brush debris from the manual diverter near the airlock and made contact with the airlock which had not been locked out. The employee sustained an amputation to the right ring fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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