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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation · 2024087023 · 8/1/2024 · Wolfgang Operations LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Thumb(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
Gloves, handguards except disposable, electric insulating

Employer

Name
Wolfgang Operations LLC
Location
122 North Street, YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, 17403
NAICS
311352
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a cake decorating line when his glove became caught in the wire mesh conveyor and it pulled his right thumb into the rotating parts of the chocolate feeder tube. The employee sustained an avulsion with a partial amputation of the thumb.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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