Amputations

Name: Amputations at Santa Sweets, Inc.
Start: 5/9/2016

1 amputation · 2016053955 · 5/9/2016 · Santa Sweets, 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: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Conveyors-belt

Employer

Name: Santa Sweets, Inc.
Location: 4006 Airport Rd., PLANT CITY, FLORIDA, 33566
NAICS: 424480
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was lifting a platform for cleaning. The chain that connects the platform to the conveyor belt that feeds tomatoes into the wash sink broke causing the platform to fall and sever his right thumb in multiple locations.

Source

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