Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at Russell Stover Chocolates, LLC.
Start: 12/12/2024

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20241211521 · 12/12/2024 · Russell Stover Chocolates, LLC.

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: Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source: Food and beverage processing machinery n.e.c.
Secondary source: Machine guards

Employer

Name: Russell Stover Chocolates, LLC.
Location: 1995 Marshmallow Lane, IOLA, KANSAS, 66749
NAICS: 311352
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working on a tempering machine to temper chocolate. The employee was clearing material from the pneumatic butterfly valve when their finger was crushed by the valve. The employee sustained an amputation of right middle finger to the first knuckle. The machine was not guarded at the time.

Source

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