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Amputations involving bone loss

1 amputation · 2024043688 · 4/28/2024 · Aspen Baking Company

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source
Food and beverage processing machinery n.e.c.
Secondary source
Machine guards

Employer

Name
Aspen Baking Company
Location
8035 East 40th Avenue, DENVER, COLORADO, 80207
NAICS
311811
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

While the dough divider rounder machine was in operation, an employee was feeding dough through a missing guarding window. The folding mechanism of the machine caught the employee's hand, resulting in amputation of the top joint of the employee's right middle finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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