Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at JOHN B. SANFILIPPO & SON, INC., 1703 N RANDALL RD, ELGIN, ILLINOIS 60123
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was setting up a machine when the product in it became jammed. The employee had just cleared the jam when the machine cycle activated, crushing the employee's right middle and ring fingers and causing amputations to both fingertips.
AmputationFingertip(s)Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
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