Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Name: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Marathon Cheese Corporation
Start: 3/18/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024032412 · 3/18/2024 · Marathon Cheese Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Other finger(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Cause

Event: Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source: Food slicers
Secondary source: "Lock out/ tag out" communication systems

Employer

Name: Marathon Cheese Corporation
Location: 304 East St., MARATHON, WISCONSIN, 54448
NAICS: 311513
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was placing a flow control access cover on a slicer that was not locked out after troubleshooting it. While replacing the cover, the machine cycled and the traveling blade gate assembly passed the machine's framework and created a pinch point that caused a crush injury and laceration to the employee's left middle finger. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

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