Amputations

Name: Amputations at Gertrude Hawk Chocolates, Inc.
Start: 4/12/2017

1 amputation · 2017043321 · 4/12/2017 · Gertrude Hawk Chocolates, 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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Special process machinery, unspecified
Secondary source: Textiles, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Gertrude Hawk Chocolates, Inc.
Location: 9 Keystone Industrial Park, DUNMORE, PENNSYLVANIA, 18512
NAICS: 311351
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning grease from a sprocket with a rag when the rag got caught in the sprocket and pulled the employee's fingers into the sprocket and chain. The employee's right index and middle fingers were partially amputated.

Source

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