Amputations

Name: Amputations at Beaver Street Fisheries, Inc.
Start: 7/14/2020

1 amputation · 2020076598 · 7/14/2020 · Beaver Street Fisheries, 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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery

Employer

Name: Beaver Street Fisheries, Inc.
Location: 1741 West Beaver Street, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, 32209
NAICS: 424470
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On July 14, 2020, an employee was operating a machine that wraps plastic film over seafood trays when the plastic film became jammed. As he attempted to pull out the plastic from the back side of the machine with his right hand, the machine's blade amputated his right middle fingertip.

Source

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