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Amputations

1 hospitalization · 2020087537 · 8/10/2020 · Flying Fish Brewing Co

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Product labeling machinery
Secondary source
Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools

Employer

Name
Flying Fish Brewing Co
Location
900 Kennedy Blvd, SOMERDALE, NEW JERSEY, 08083
NAICS
312120
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was running a labeler on a bottling line when there was a glue build up on the labeler. The employee began cleaning it with a rag, when the rag got pulled into the machine and the employee suffered a partial amputation of their right index finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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