Superior Dairy, Inc.
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified — CANTON, OHIO
| Employer | Superior Dairy, Inc. | Report ID | 2024076106 |
| Address | 4719 Navarre Road SW | City, State ZIP | CANTON, OHIO 44706 |
| Event Date | July 9, 2024 | Outcome | Amputation |
| Nature of Injury | Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified | Body Part | Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) |
| Event Type | Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing | Source of Injury | Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery unspecified |
| Secondary Source | Gloves, handguards except disposable, electric insulating | ||
| Industry (NAICS) | 424430 | Inspection # | 1761826 |
| GPS Coordinates | 40.77000, -81.43000 | ||
Incident Narrative
An employee was cleaning a piece of equipment when his glove became caught in a rotating shaft of the blow molder and amputated his middle fingertip.
Incident Summary
On July 9, 2024, a worker at Superior Dairy, Inc. in CANTON, OHIO suffered amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified to the finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s). The incident was classified as struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing, with extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.
Context
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