Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-02-06 | Ashwaubenon | Wisconsin | Triangle Distributing | Knee(s) | Rubbed or abraded by kneeling on surface |
An employee knelt on a pebble while stocking bottom shelves. His left knee became infected. | |||||
2020-01-14 | Enon | Ohio | Seepex Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was lifting a mold using an overhead wire sling when the employee's left ring finger was caught and crushed between the mold and the wire sling, resulting in a partial amputation of the finger. | |||||
2019-04-23 | Wenona | Illinois | Hearthside Food Solutions, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On April 23, 2019, at approximately 3:10 p.m., an employee was attempting to unclog a nut depositor venturi when her pinky contacted the moving parts within the equipment that dispense the nuts, amputating her fingertip. |