Ultra Dairy
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — EAST SYRACUSE, NEW YORK
| Employer | Ultra Dairy | Report ID | 2015031232 |
| Address | 6750 West Benedict Road | City, State ZIP | EAST SYRACUSE, NEW YORK 13057 |
| Event Date | March 16, 2015 | Outcome | Amputation |
| Nature of Injury | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Body Part | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified |
| Event Type | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Source of Injury | Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, unspecified |
| Industry (NAICS) | 424430 | Inspection # | 1048103 |
| GPS Coordinates | 43.08000, -76.05000 | ||
Incident Narrative
An employee was preparing to clean a machine and was installing a plastic cover over a motor when the employee's finger got caught by a chain. The motor was not powered down at the time.
Incident Summary
On March 16, 2015, a worker at Ultra Dairy in EAST SYRACUSE, NEW YORK suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.
Context
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