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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2022010122 · 1/5/2022 · Gaspari Farm Products, Inc

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Conveyors-powered, unspecified
Secondary source
Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name
Gaspari Farm Products, Inc
Location
2103 Georgia Road, TEMPLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 19560
NAICS
424910
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was operating a conveyor to load and fill mushroom beds. The employee placed his gloved left hand on the bottom of a belt drive guard when the glove was pulled into the backside of the belt and pulley, resulting in the amputation of his pinky finger and damage to his ring and middle fingers.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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