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Amputations

1 amputation · 2022021077 · 2/4/2022 · Simply Delicious

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, bottling, wrapping machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Simply Delicious
Location
1510 11th St., LOVELAND, COLORADO, 80537
NAICS
311813
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

Two employees were servicing a manual loading cartoner that is used to pack and seal oat bars. The machine's chain and sprocket system seized up. The equipment was locked out for maintenance. They then began jogging the machine from the control panel 20 feet away. This did not work so the injured employee tried to free the direct drive and cycle the motor when the machine energized and began rotating counter clockwise. This caught the injured employee's right index fingertip between the chain and sprocket resulting in amputation without bone loss.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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