Amputations

Name: Amputations at Dutch Valley Foods Dev
Start: 7/28/2017

1 amputation · 2017077101 · 7/28/2017 · Dutch Valley Foods Dev

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Special process machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Dutch Valley Foods Dev
Location: 210 Commerce Drive, NEW HOLLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, 17557
NAICS: 424410
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam on the hot fill machine and amputated the left index fingertip when the machine started up unexpectedly. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time of the incident.

Source

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