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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation · 2024087178 · 8/6/2024 · DFA Dairy Brands, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Other finger(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event
Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning
Source
Dairy and milk processing machinery
Secondary source
Hoppers except confined space

Employer

Name
DFA Dairy Brands, LLC
Location
126 Barber Ct., BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35209
NAICS
311520
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was reassembling a de-energized piece of equipment after cleaning it. She was pushing the fill hopper back into place on the equipment when her right ring finger became pinched between the hopper and the bump stop guide on the equipment, resulting in an amputation to the finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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