Avulsions, enucleations

Name: Avulsions, enucleations at Frito Lay Inc
Start: 5/1/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017053948 · 5/1/2017 · Frito Lay Inc

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), except finger(s)
Nature of injury: Avulsions, enucleations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Conveyors-belt

Employer

Name: Frito Lay Inc
Location: 4236 Kirklawn, TOPEKA, KANSAS, 66609
NAICS: 311423
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to put a pick conveyor's idler roller back in its track when his left hand was caught between the idler roller and the conveyor (pick) belt. His skin was removed from the back of his left hand, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Source

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