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Blue Bell Creameries

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation — Amputations — BROKEN ARROW, OKLAHOMA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Blue Bell Creameries in BROKEN ARROW, OKLAHOMA
Employer Blue Bell Creameries Report ID 2017099063
Address 8201 E HWY 51 City, State ZIP BROKEN ARROW, OKLAHOMA 74014
Event Date September 21, 2017 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation Source of Injury Bottling, canning, filling machinery
Industry (NAICS) 311520 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 36.01000, -95.70000

Incident Narrative

The injured employee was drying off excess sanitation water from the bottom of the nest plates on a filling machine. Her hand was next to the mechanism that lifts the cups out of the nest plates, referred to as the "lift pad." The lift pad pushed her right ring finger up into the hole as the nest plate was rotating smashing her finger and resulting in amputation of the fingertip and nail.

Incident Summary

On September 21, 2017, a worker at Blue Bell Creameries in BROKEN ARROW, OKLAHOMA suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation, with bottling, canning, filling machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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