Amputations

Name: Amputations at Bickel's Snack Foods, Inc.
Start: 4/13/2015

1 amputation · 2015041966 · 4/13/2015 · Bickel's Snack Foods, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Conveyors-belt

Employer

Name: Bickel's Snack Foods, Inc.
Location: 1120 Zinn's Quarry Road, YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, 17405
NAICS: 311919
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was replacing a belt on a conveyor system with his hand inside the cover to pull the belt. Another employee pushed a button to jog the conveyor. Three of the injured employee's fingers were pulled into the in-running nip point. His little finger was surgically amputated.

Source

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