Seneca Foods Corporation

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified — Amputations — GILLETT, WISCONSIN

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Seneca Foods Corporation in GILLETT, WISCONSIN
Employer Seneca Foods Corporation Report ID 2019099630
Address 200 N. Green Bay Ave. City, State ZIP GILLETT, WISCONSIN 54124
Event Date September 15, 2019 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified Source of Injury Food slicers
Industry (NAICS) 311421 Inspection # 1433006
GPS Coordinates 44.89000, -88.29000

Incident Narrative

An employee was using slip-joint pliers to clear a jam in a cutter machine's hoppers when the cutter partially amputated the employee's right middle fingertip.

Incident Summary

On September 15, 2019, a worker at Seneca Foods Corporation in GILLETT, WISCONSIN suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified, with food slicers identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

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