Amputations

Name: Amputations at Birchwood Foods
Start: 9/14/2017

1 amputation · 2017098815 · 9/14/2017 · Birchwood Foods

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: Boxes, crates, cartons
Secondary source: Conveyors-roller

Employer

Name: Birchwood Foods
Location: 1821 Dividend Drive, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43228
NAICS: 311612
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On September 14, 2017, an employee was loading a 70-pound box of meat onto a non-powered conveyor line when the employee's left pinky finger was smashed and fractured between the box and the conveyor, requiring surgical amputation.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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