Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss

Name: Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss at YI French Pastries LLC
Start: 6/20/2024

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2024065481 · 6/20/2024 · YI French Pastries LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury: Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss

Cause

Event: Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source: Food slicers
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: YI French Pastries LLC
Location: 253 36th Street, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, 11232
NAICS: 311813
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee had been using soap and a towel to clean a slicer. They were finishing the cleaning procedure when the power switch was activated. The slicer turned on while the employee's right ring finger was in the blade gap and the blade amputated their fingertip without bone loss.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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