Fall on same level resulting in exposure or contact · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Kerry Inc., 3141 W. North Avenue, MELROSE PARK, ILLINOIS 60160
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was operating the bake sealer (used to seal the product) on the line and there a change over in the process. The employee was moving the bake sealer when he slipped and his hands were caught between the moving belts of it, resulting in a partial amputation of the left little finger.
Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Other constructed surface
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