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Dean Foods

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — O FALLON, ILLINOIS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Dean Foods in O FALLON, ILLINOIS
Employer Dean Foods Report ID 20171211479
Address 610 E State Street City, State ZIP O FALLON, ILLINOIS 62269
Event Date December 3, 2017 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
Secondary Source Dairy and milk processing machinery-specialized
Industry (NAICS) 311511 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 38.59000, -89.90000

Incident 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).

Incident Summary

On December 3, 2017, a worker at Dean Foods in O FALLON, ILLINOIS suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with machine and appliance parts, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

OSHA has recorded 4,985 severe injury reports involving "Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment" incidents in our database. Browse all Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment injuries.

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