Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Knead Dough Baking Company dba Turano Knead Dough, 556 St. James Gate, BOLINGBROOK, ILLINOIS 60440
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
On February 4, 2025, at approximately 6:20 PM, an employee was cleaning the dough inside a divider when they sustained an amputation to their right index fingertip.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Food and beverage processing machinery n.e.c.
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