Amputations

Name: Amputations at Vita Line Products, Inc.
Start: 12/30/2017

1 amputation · 20171212376 · 12/30/2017 · Vita Line Products, Inc.

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: Special process machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Vita Line Products, Inc.
Location: 1111 N. Park Drive, HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18202
NAICS: 311111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On December 30, 2017, at approximately 3:30 PM, an employee was attempting to clean clogged meat from a drain on a meat stuffer machine when a grinder unit in the drain caught his right index finger, amputating it to the first knuckle.

Source

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