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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2025021537 · 2/16/2025 · Valley Markets, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source
Mixers, blenders, whippers food and beverage
Secondary source
"Lock out/ tag out" communication systems

Employer

Name
Valley Markets, Inc.
Location
1925 13th Avenue North, GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA, 58203
NAICS
445110
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning a dough machine when the machine cycled and rotating parts pulled the employee's rag into the machine. The blade struck the employee's hand resulting in amputations to three fingers. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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