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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2025055004 · 5/27/2025 · Schreiber Foods, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source
Machinery unspecified
Secondary source
Valves, nozzles

Employer

Name
Schreiber Foods, Inc.
Location
807 Pleasant Valley Road, WEST BEND, WISCONSIN, 53095
NAICS
311513
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

The injured employee was waiting near a machine while a maintenance technician was re-installing a pneumatic valve. The valve cycled and the injured employee's left index fingertip was caught in the valve. The employee sustained an amputation of the fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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