Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at Home Market Foods, Inc.
Start: 11/12/2024

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20241110569 · 11/12/2024 · Home Market Foods, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
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: Meat grinders
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: Home Market Foods, Inc.
Location: 140 Morgan Drive, NORWOOD, MASSACHUSETTS, 02062
NAICS: 311412
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was rinsing a grinder machine. Their hand contacted the rotating auger while removing a piece of meat and the auger blade amputated a fingertip.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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