Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Turano Knead Dough Baking Company, 556 St. James Gate, BOLINGBROOK, ILLINOIS 60490
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee sustained a right index fingertip amputation from a rotating plastic auger on the dough pump line.
AmputationFingertip(s)Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
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