Amputations

Name: Amputations at RESERS FINE FOODS
Start: 1/4/2019

1 amputation · 2019010138 · 1/4/2019 · RESERS FINE FOODS

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
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: Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery

Employer

Name: RESERS FINE FOODS
Location: 3728 SE 6th, TOPEKA, KANSAS, 66607
NAICS: 311991
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was pushing containers off of a machine's conveyor belt. Her right hand was on the containers that were accumulated on the belt when her right pinky finger was caught between the machine's product lane straightener mechanism, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Source

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