Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at APPLIED FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC.
Start: 3/20/2024

1 amputation · 2024032499 · 3/20/2024 · APPLIED FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY, 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: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source: Bottling, canning, filling machinery
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: APPLIED FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC.
Location: #3 Research Park Drive, SAINT CHARLES, MISSOURI, 63304
NAICS: 541711
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a can seamer in the research and development lab when their left index fingertip got caught between the seam press and the rotating can, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Source

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