Basic American Ingredients

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — BLACKFOOT, IDAHO

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Basic American Ingredients in BLACKFOOT, IDAHO
Employer Basic American Ingredients Report ID 2019055168
Address 409 West Collins Road City, State ZIP BLACKFOOT, IDAHO 83221
Event Date May 21, 2019 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 423990 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 43.20000, -112.37000

Incident Narrative

An employee was cleaning around a belt guard for a shaker motor and amputated her left index fingertip and left thumb tip in the belt and pulley.

Incident Summary

On May 21, 2019, a worker at Basic American Ingredients in BLACKFOOT, IDAHO suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

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