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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2020098780 · 9/16/2020 · First Quality Enterprises, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
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
First Quality Enterprises, Inc.
Location
601 Allendale Road, KING OF PRUSSIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19406
NAICS
322291
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting and adjusting the position of a lift table assembly inside a bagging machine when the entire lift table assembly rotated, pinching the employee's left index finger between the pivot arm and the servo coupling. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the left index fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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