Amputations

Name: Amputations at Frito-Lay
Start: 12/17/2022

1 hospitalization · 20221210948 · 12/17/2022 · Frito-Lay

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery

Employer

Name: Frito-Lay
Location: 4236 SW Kirklawn Ave., TOPEKA, KANSAS, 66609
NAICS: 311919
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was reaching down to grab a bag of chips to place it on the infeed conveyor for packing. The employee's hand contacted the edge of the conveyor and was pinched between the conveyor and the frame, resulting in an amputation to the right middle finger.

Source

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