Gilster-Mary Lee Corporation

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation — Amputations — CHESTER, ILLINOIS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Gilster-Mary Lee Corporation in CHESTER, ILLINOIS
Employer Gilster-Mary Lee Corporation Report ID 2019066415
Address 111 Industrial Drive City, State ZIP CHESTER, ILLINOIS 62233
Event Date June 25, 2019 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 Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 311230 Inspection # 1415695
GPS Coordinates 37.92000, -89.84000

Incident Narrative

An employee was operating a bagging machine at a cereal plant. The machine's jaws (which shut and sealed bags) caught the employee's left index finger and amputated it.

Incident Summary

On June 25, 2019, a worker at Gilster-Mary Lee Corporation in CHESTER, ILLINOIS 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 packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

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