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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2023021862 · 2/28/2023 · Frito-Lay

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, unspecified
Source
Nonclassifiable

Employer

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

Narrative

An employee was working in the palletizing area, inspecting a right angle gear box when his left index finger was amputated at the middle knuckle by the timing belt of the gear box.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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