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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2024031932 · 3/2/2024 · Flowers Baking Co. of Baton Rouge, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source
Machinery unspecified
Secondary source
Cleaning handtools n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Flowers Baking Co. of Baton Rouge, LLC
Location
1504 Florida Blvd., BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, 70802
NAICS
311812
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was performing preventive maintenance on a machine. The employee was using a shop rag to clean the area when the chain and sprocket caught the rag and pulled in the employee's right hand, causing a partial amputation to the index fingertip. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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