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Dakota Foundry, Inc.

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified — Amputations — WEBSTER, SOUTH DAKOTA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Dakota Foundry, Inc. in WEBSTER, SOUTH DAKOTA
Employer Dakota Foundry, Inc. Report ID 2022021009
Address 20 Park Lane City, State ZIP WEBSTER, SOUTH DAKOTA 57274
Event Date February 2, 2022 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified Source of Injury Machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 332999 Inspection # 1576763
GPS Coordinates 45.34000, -97.52000

Incident Narrative

An employee was installing the correct chute onto a sand auger spout. Their index, middle, and ring fingers contacted the moving auger, resulting in amputations of all three distal phalanges.

Incident Summary

On February 2, 2022, a worker at Dakota Foundry, Inc. in WEBSTER, SOUTH DAKOTA suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified, with machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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