Amputations

Name: Amputations at Vantage Foods PA LP
Start: 12/9/2019

1 amputation · 20191212644 · 12/9/2019 · Vantage Foods PA LP

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
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: Meat grinders

Employer

Name: Vantage Foods PA LP
Location: 2700 Yetter Court, CAMP HILL, PENNSYLVANIA, 17011
NAICS: 311612
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a mini-grinder. The equipment jammed; while the employee was trying to unjam it, the running paddles caught and amputated the employee's left index finger.

Source

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