Amputations

Name: Amputations at Birdsboro Kosher Farms Corporation
Start: 9/6/2017

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017098582 · 9/6/2017 · Birdsboro Kosher Farms Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
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: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Birdsboro Kosher Farms Corporation
Location: 1100 Lincoln Road, BIRDSBORO, PENNSYLVANIA, 19508
NAICS: 311615
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was scooping meat out of a stuffing machine tray when his leg pressed against the actuating device. The machine turned on and partially amputated his right ring finger between the first and second knuckle. The machine was not locked out at the time.

Source

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