Cooperative Regions of Organic Producer Pools
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing — Amputations involving bone loss — CHASEBURG, WISCONSIN
| Employer | Cooperative Regions of Organic Producer Pools | Report ID | 2024064839 |
| Address | 203 South Main Street | City, State ZIP | CHASEBURG, WISCONSIN 54621 |
| Event Date | June 2, 2024 | Outcome | Amputation |
| Nature of Injury | Amputations involving bone loss | Body Part | Other finger(s) n.e.c. |
| Event Type | Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing | Source of Injury | Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery unspecified |
| Secondary Source | Machine guards | ||
| Industry (NAICS) | 311512 | Inspection # | 1752190 |
| GPS Coordinates | 43.65000, -91.10000 | ||
Incident Narrative
An employee was unclogging the drain of a butter trolley that is used to transport churned butter to be packaged. His right middle finger contacted the auger at the bottom of the trolley resulting in amputation at the middle knuckle. The drain was not guarded at the time.
Incident Summary
On June 2, 2024, a worker at Cooperative Regions of Organic Producer Pools in CHASEBURG, WISCONSIN suffered amputations involving bone loss to the other finger(s) n.e.c.. The incident was classified as struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing, with packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.
Context
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