Oasis Foods Company
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — HILLSIDE, NEW JERSEY
| Employer | Oasis Foods Company | Report ID | 2020032224 |
| Address | 635 Ramsey Ave | City, State ZIP | HILLSIDE, NEW JERSEY 07205 |
| Event Date | March 9, 2020 | Outcome | Amputation |
| Nature of Injury | Amputations | Body Part | Fingertip(s) |
| Event Type | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Source of Injury | Dairy and milk processing machinery-specialized |
| Secondary Source | Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves | ||
| Industry (NAICS) | 311999 | Inspection # | 1469859 |
| GPS Coordinates | 40.70000, -74.23000 | ||
Incident Narrative
An employee was trying to remove built-up margarine that was clogging a machine. The machine caught her glove and amputated the tip of her finger.
Incident Summary
On March 9, 2020, a worker at Oasis Foods Company in HILLSIDE, NEW JERSEY suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with dairy and milk processing machinery-specialized identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.
Context
OSHA has recorded 5,298 severe injury reports involving "Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning" incidents in our database. Browse all Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning injuries.
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