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Bunge North America, Inc.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — DECATUR, ALABAMA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Bunge North America, Inc. in DECATUR, ALABAMA
Employer Bunge North America, Inc. Report ID 20181010343
Address 1400 Market St. City, State ZIP DECATUR, ALABAMA 35601
Event Date October 5, 2018 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Special process machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 311222 Inspection # 1352649
GPS Coordinates 34.60000, -86.96000

Incident Narrative

An employee was cleaning the house of the grain probe machine and their left hand was caught inside the opened area of the probe cylinder resulting in partial amputations to the middle and index fingers.

Incident Summary

On October 5, 2018, a worker at Bunge North America, Inc. in DECATUR, ALABAMA suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with special process machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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