Amputations

Name: Amputations at Frito Lay
Start: 1/22/2015

1 amputation · 2015010706 · 1/22/2015 · Frito Lay

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
Source: Nonclassifiable

Employer

Name: Frito Lay
Location: 1200 Highway 247 South, KATHLEEN, GEORGIA, 31047
NAICS: 311919
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Site Safety Manager reported that this VPP Facility had an incident in which an employee was cut while adjusting a belt with an Allen wrench. This resulted in surgery and amputation of the employee's right index finger up to the first knuckle.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown