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Amputations involving bone loss

1 amputation · 2024032539 · 3/21/2024 · W.H. Braum, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source
Mixers, blenders, whippers food and beverage
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
W.H. Braum, Inc.
Location
491 County Street 2880, TUTTLE, OKLAHOMA, 73089
NAICS
311520
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was changing the fruit feeder to a funnel adaptor piece when they took the impeller plate off and the gasket came off. When retrieving the gasket, the spinning pump impeller caught his finger resulting in an amputation of the right index fingertip to the first knuckle.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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