Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Chef John Folse & Co, 45270 Chef John Folse Bvld, DONALDSONVILLE, LOUISIANA 70346
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was working on a horizontal mixer, evacuating the kettle into a receiving hopper. He saw a piece of cheese at the end of the hopper and attempted to remove it. His hand then became lodged within the turning auger, and his middle finger was amputated at the second knuckle.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
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An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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