Amputations

Name: Amputations at USA Pork Packers Inc
Start: 7/15/2019

1 amputation · 2019077140 · 7/15/2019 · USA Pork Packers Inc

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: Butchering machinery
Secondary source: Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name: USA Pork Packers Inc
Location: 328 S. WYOMING ST., HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18201
NAICS: 115210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On July 15, 2019, at approximately 5:15 PM, an employee was cutting meat on a bandsaw. The employee's glove got caught on the bandsaw blade and pulled his left thumb into the blade resulting in the amputation of the thumb tip.

Source

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