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Amputations

1 amputation · 2020076542 · 7/13/2020 · Frito Lay, Inc

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 or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source
Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery

Employer

Name
Frito Lay, Inc
Location
4236 SW Kirkland Ave, TOPEKA, KANSAS, 66609
NAICS
424450
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning a packaging machine. While lowering a spiral metal chute, the equipment slammed onto his finger. The employee's right pinky finger was amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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