Amputations

Name: Amputations at E&H Conveyors, Inc. DBA KJ Mushroom Services, Inc.
Start: 8/15/2022

1 amputation · 2022087230 · 8/15/2022 · E&H Conveyors, Inc. DBA KJ Mushroom Services, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
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: Conveyors-powered, unspecified

Employer

Name: E&H Conveyors, Inc. DBA KJ Mushroom Services, Inc.
Location: 1205-1221 Newark Rd, TOUGHKENAMON, PENNSYLVANIA, 19374
NAICS: 115112
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A portable conveyor system was being used to dump compost into a receptacle. An employee was clearing a jam from a chain and sprocket assembly on the conveyor system when the chain and sprocket caused an amputation to the employee's finger. The assembly was unguarded at the time.

Source

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