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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20181212418 · 12/4/2018 · Kraft Heinz Foods Company

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Conveyors-powered, unspecified

Employer

Name
Kraft Heinz Foods Company
Location
1200 North Fifth St., FREMONT, OHIO, 43420
NAICS
311999
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was removing ketchup from a fixed pusher bar. The employee's fingernail was caught in the conveyor; the fingernail was removed, the fingertip was amputated, and the distal phalanx was fractured.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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