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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation · 2024054458 · 5/21/2024 · Gordon Food Service, LLC

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
Machinery unspecified
Secondary source
Cleaning handtools n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Gordon Food Service, LLC
Location
225 Solar Drive, IMPERIAL, PENNSYLVANIA, 15126
NAICS
493120
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning around a cog belt when their rag got caught in the belt and pulled the employee's hand into the belt resulting in amputations to two of the employee's fingertips. The cog belt was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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