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Greencore USA

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — CAROL STREAM, ILLINOIS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Greencore USA in CAROL STREAM, ILLINOIS
Employer Greencore USA Report ID 2017054304
Address 720 Center ST City, State ZIP CAROL STREAM, ILLINOIS 60188
Event Date May 11, 2017 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Bottling, canning, filling machinery
Industry (NAICS) 424490 Inspection # 1233914
GPS Coordinates 41.92000, -88.10000

Incident Narrative

An employee was attempting to clear a jam in a filling machine when the machine amputated the employee's left middle fingertip.

Incident Summary

On May 11, 2017, a worker at Greencore USA in CAROL STREAM, ILLINOIS suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with bottling, canning, filling machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

OSHA has recorded 5,298 severe injury reports involving "Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning" incidents in our database. Browse all Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning injuries.

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