Amputations

Name: Amputations at Flowers Foods, Inc.
Start: 6/23/2021

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2021065133 · 6/23/2021 · Flowers Foods, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
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: Heating and cooking machinery and appliances, unspecified

Employer

Name: Flowers Foods, Inc.
Location: 4300 South 26th St, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19112
NAICS: 311812
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning a baking machine with a water hose when their left index finger got caught within a chain and sprocket that was driving the machine's conveyor, resulting in amputation.

Source

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