Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Louisa Food Products, Inc, 1918 Switzer Avenue, JENNINGS, MISSOURI 63136
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was putting dough into a forming machine when their left little fingertip was amputated by the forming die.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Food and beverage processing machinery n.e.c.
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