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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation · 2024021310 · 2/12/2024 · Astor Chocolate Corp.

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source
Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
Secondary source
Machine guards

Employer

Name
Astor Chocolate Corp.
Location
651 New Hampshire Ave, LAKEWOOD, NEW JERSEY, 08701
NAICS
311320
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was getting chocolate product from the outfeed of a wrapping machine when the rotating elevator that pushes wrapped chocolate onto the outfeed ramp caught her right middle fingertip, resulting in a partial fingertip amputation. The machine was guarded and in operation at the time of the incident.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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