Amputations

Name: Amputations at Pepperidge Farm, Inc.
Start: 7/29/2019

1 amputation · 2019077738 · 7/29/2019 · Pepperidge Farm, 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: Chutes

Employer

Name: Pepperidge Farm, Inc.
Location: 230 SECOND STREET, DOWNERS GROVE, ILLINOIS, 60515
NAICS: 311812
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On July 29, 2019,at 10:30 a.m., an employee was preparing to add sugar product to a metering chute. He reached up into the metering chute to verify the equipment was off and his right middle finger was struck by a pneumatic slide gate. His finger was fractured and lacerated, resulting in a surgical fingertip amputation.

Source

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