Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Dean Foods, 610 E State Street, O FALLON, ILLINOIS 62269
on , Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was reassembling a milk/fat centrifugal separator. An overhead hoist was lowering stainless steel disks into the separator housing when the employee's left small finger was caught under the disks. The sharp edges of the disks amputated the employee's fingertip (1/4 inch).
AmputationFingertip(s)Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.