Amputations

Name: Amputations at Chester A. Asher
Start: 12/28/2017

1 amputation · 20171212274 · 12/28/2017 · Chester A. Asher

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
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: Chester A. Asher
Location: 80 Wambold Road, SOUDERTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18964
NAICS: 722310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning a fudge depositor machine when his finger entered the auto fill valve while the machine was still energized, resulting in his finger being cut/amputated.

Source

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