Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at Whole Foods Market
Start: 6/15/2024

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2024065302 · 6/15/2024 · Whole Foods Market

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: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source: Meat grinders
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: Whole Foods Market
Location: 7635 N. Academy Blvd., COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, 80920
NAICS: 445110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was pushing meat into a grinder when his right index finger was caught in the grinder, resulting in a partial amputation to the first knuckle.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown