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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation · 2024054249 · 5/14/2024 · Ateeco Inc.

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
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source
Food and beverage processing machinery n.e.c.
Secondary source
Machine guards

Employer

Name
Ateeco Inc.
Location
600 East Centre St., SHENANDOAH, PENNSYLVANIA, 17976
NAICS
311412
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

A sanitation employee was spraying the inside of the dough chunker machine to clear the dough out. The employee was on the blade side of the chunker machine. The employee checked the chunker when the cleaning process was done and saw a piece of dough still stuck inside. He reached to remove the dough from the machine and the blade caught his glove and left middle finger, amputating the fingertip. The machine was running and was guarded at the time.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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