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Amputations involving bone loss

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2024032344 · 3/15/2024 · Prime Packing, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Other finger(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source
Bottling, canning, filling machinery
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
Prime Packing, LLC
Location
3501 CR 53, CENTER, COLORADO, 81125
NAICS
311999
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was using the "box machine" to fill empty boxes with potatoes when a box became stuck in the conveyor chain. While clearing the jam, his hand contacted the conveyor chain and he sustained amputations to the four fingers on his right hand to the first knuckle on each.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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