Cheese Merchants of America LLC
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation — Amputations — BARTLETT, ILLINOIS
| Employer | Cheese Merchants of America LLC | Report ID | 2021020905 |
| Address | 1301 Schiferl | City, State ZIP | BARTLETT, ILLINOIS 60103 |
| Event Date | February 1, 2021 | Outcome | Amputation |
| Nature of Injury | Amputations | Body Part | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified |
| Event Type | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Source of Injury | Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, n.e.c. |
| Industry (NAICS) | 311513 | Inspection # | 1515432 |
| GPS Coordinates | 41.97000, -88.22000 | ||
Incident Narrative
An employee was operating a flexible packaging machine that filled, sealed, cut, and discharged plastic bags filled with shredded cheese. As the filled bag of cheese was exiting the machine onto a metal load plate that agitated up and down for the purpose of settling the cheese in the bag, the employee's right pinky finger was caught between the agitating load plate and it's base platform beneath. The employee suffered a partial amputation of the finger.
Incident Summary
On February 1, 2021, a worker at Cheese Merchants of America LLC in BARTLETT, ILLINOIS suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. 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.
Context
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