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Amputations
1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2016032639 · 3/30/2016 · Qvest Sanitation, LLC.
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 1
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Hand(s), n.e.c.
- Nature of injury
- Amputations
Cause
- Event
- Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- Source
- Meat grinders
Employer
- Name
- Qvest Sanitation, LLC.
- Location
- 105 Keystone Industrial Park, SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18512
- NAICS
- 561720
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee's right hand was amputated while cleaning a meat grinder. The machine was in operation at the time of the incident.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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