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Crest Food Company

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — ASHTON, ILLINOIS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Crest Food Company in ASHTON, ILLINOIS
Employer Crest Food Company Report ID 2016032129
Address 200 Brown St City, State ZIP ASHTON, ILLINOIS 61006
Event Date March 10, 2016 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Special process machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 311514 Inspection # 1133012
GPS Coordinates 41.86000, -89.21000

Incident Narrative

An employee was reassembling a bagger head when a metal piece came too close to a metal detector and caused the machine to deactivate. The deactivation caused a valve to close on the employee's left thumb, partially amputating it.

Incident Summary

On March 10, 2016, a worker at Crest Food Company in ASHTON, ILLINOIS suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with special process machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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