Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221389851

BENELEAVES, LIMITED

Event
Amputated, Amputation, Finger, Fingertip, Machine Guarding, Reach, Reaching
NAICS
325411
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345421051
Employer profile
BENELEAVES, LIMITED
Summary number
221389851
Report ID
0522500

Event description

Employee suffers amputation of left index finger while using

Investigation abstract

At 8:15 a.m. on July 8, 2021, Employee #1 was using a handheld industrial immersion blender to mix distillate product and ethanol in a plastic container. When the distillate clumped together, the employee reached into the container while the blender was running and suffered an amputation of the left index finger. Emergency services were called, and the employee was transported to the hospital for treatment but was not hospitalized.

Victim

  1. #1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 24 M

    Event type
    2

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