Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at Marathon Cheese Corporation
Start: 9/5/2024

1 amputation · 2024098256 · 9/5/2024 · Marathon Cheese Corporation

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: Conveyors belt, slot, chain
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: Marathon Cheese Corporation
Location: 1000 PROGRESSIVE AVE, MEDFORD, WISCONSIN, 54451
NAICS: 424430
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was removing cheese product from the top of a conveyor belt. His right ring finger got pulled under the metal product guide rail at the edge of the conveyor and was pinched between the conveyor and the guide rail. The employee sustained an amputation of the fingertip between the first knuckle and the fingernail.

Source

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