Amputations

Name: Amputations at Nicholas Meat, LLC
Start: 5/15/2018

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2018054726 · 5/15/2018 · Nicholas Meat, LLC

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: Butchering machinery

Employer

Name: Nicholas Meat, LLC
Location: 508 East Valley Road, LOGANTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 17747
NAICS: 311611
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee's fingers were inside a machine when a second employee activated the two-hand controls, powering the machine's hock cutter. The hock cutter then amputated the employee's fingers.

Source

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