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U.S. Mix

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — DENVER, COLORADO

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at U.S. Mix in DENVER, COLORADO
Employer U.S. Mix Report ID 2023021035
Address 112 South Santa Fe Drive City, State ZIP DENVER, COLORADO 80223
Event Date February 1, 2023 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Washers, dryers, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 327320 Inspection # 1647842
GPS Coordinates 39.71000, -104.99000

Incident Narrative

An employee was preparing to perform maintenance on a dryer dust collector. The employee's hand was caught in the vain feeder, resulting in four right finger amputations. The machine was not locked out at the time.

Incident Summary

On February 1, 2023, a worker at U.S. Mix in DENVER, COLORADO suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with washers, dryers, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c. 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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