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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2023054761 · 5/30/2023 · Mushroom Conveyors, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
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, unspecified
Source
Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Mushroom Conveyors, Inc.
Location
190 Ewart Rd., AVONDALE, PENNSYLVANIA, 19311
NAICS
111411
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was operating a machine that pulls compost along a wooden bed. As they went to clear something from the machine, their finger became caught between the rope and the drum cylinder, resulting in a partial finger amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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