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POET Biorefining Groton

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c. — Amputations — GROTON, SOUTH DAKOTA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at POET Biorefining Groton in GROTON, SOUTH DAKOTA
Employer POET Biorefining Groton Report ID 2018077536
Address 40425 133rd Street City, State ZIP GROTON, SOUTH DAKOTA 57445
Event Date July 25, 2018 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c. Source of Injury Centrifuges
Secondary Source Tools, instruments, and equipment, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 325193 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 45.45000, -98.13000

Incident Narrative

An employee was replacing gaskets on a disc stack centrifuge and using a specialized tool to pull the disc stack when the employee's left ring finger was caught between the tool and the stack, resulting in a partial distal amputation of the left ring fingertip.

Incident Summary

On July 25, 2018, a worker at POET Biorefining Groton in GROTON, SOUTH DAKOTA suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c., with centrifuges identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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