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Amputations

1 amputation · 2020043305 · 4/11/2020 · Freshpet, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
Secondary source
Handtools-nonpowered, unspecified

Employer

Name
Freshpet, Inc.
Location
176 N. Commerce Way, BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA, 18017
NAICS
311111
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was unjamming a piece of frozen meat from a locked-out auger. When the employee inserted a T-handled bar into the winding down auger, the bar moved, and pinched the employee's hand against the machine's fixed guard. The employee sustained an amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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