Amputations

Name: Amputations at The Jewish Community Alliance of Northeastern Pennsylvania
Start: 12/20/2017

1 amputation · 20171212072 · 12/20/2017 · The Jewish Community Alliance of Northeastern Pennsylvania

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Food slicers

Employer

Name: The Jewish Community Alliance of Northeastern Pennsylvania
Location: 60 S. River St., WILKES BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA, 18702
NAICS: 813319
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a food processor when the blades jammed. As he cleared the jam, the food processor restarted and the blades caught his right middle finger, fracturing it and causing an amputation injury.

Source

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