Amputations

Name: Amputations at Riverbend Foods LLC
Start: 7/25/2017

1 amputation · 2017076944 · 7/25/2017 · Riverbend Foods LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation

Employer

Name: Riverbend Foods LLC
Location: 1080 River Avenue, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15212
NAICS: 311999
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was changing out a pulley on an exhaust fan when his right middle finger was crushed between his pipe wrench and the fan's frame. His finger had to be surgically amputated.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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