Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at Pet-Ag Inc.
Start: 4/2/2024

1 amputation · 2024042893 · 4/2/2024 · Pet-Ag Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Other finger(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event: Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source: Bottling, canning, filling machinery
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: Pet-Ag Inc.
Location: 180 Ryan Drive, HAMPSHIRE, ILLINOIS, 60140
NAICS: 311111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was testing the tension of a belt on a capping machine when his finger got pushed into the drive wheel, severing a portion of the finger above the fingernail. The employee sustained a partial amputation to his left middle finger from the first knuckle.

Source

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