Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at WE LOVE SOY, INC. 1, 120 S FAIRBANK ST STE B, ADDISON, ILLINOIS 60101
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Thumb(s) and finger(s).
Final narrative
An employee was clearing a jam in the starch reclamation system when his right hand became caught in the motor, resulting in a trans-distal amputation to their right thumb and index finger.
Amputation Thumb(s) and finger(s) Food and beverage processing machinery n.e.c.
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