Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at Fourth Street Foods
Start: 6/22/2024

1 amputation · 2024065573 · 6/22/2024 · Fourth Street Foods

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: Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source: Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
Secondary source: Drives, belts, chains

Employer

Name: Fourth Street Foods
Location: 119 North Rt 88 South, CHARLEROI, PENNSYLVANIA, 15022
NAICS: 311612
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On June 22, 2024, an employee was working on a bowl sealer. They were replacing the stretch wrap sealer on a large spool and feeding it through the machine when their left middle finger was amputated by a chain sprocket.

Source

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