Amputations

Name: Amputations at HOMESTEAD BAKING COMPANY
Start: 1/17/2017

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017010515 · 1/17/2017 · HOMESTEAD BAKING COMPANY

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
Source: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: HOMESTEAD BAKING COMPANY
Location: 145 NORTH BROADWAY, EAST PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, 02916
NAICS: 311812
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was adjusting a set screw inside a dough divider machine when the machine activated and amputated his fingertip. The machine was unguarded at the time of the incident.

Source

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