Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at PackerS Sanitation Contract Services, Inc. LLC, 4700 N. 132nd Street, BUTLER, WISCONSIN 53007
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was sanitizing meat processing equipment. The employee turned the machine on and inserted a hose up the discharge chute to inject a chemical cleaning foam. The mixing head on the end of the machine caught and amputated the employee's finger.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
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