Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at Nasoya Foods USA, LLC
Start: 12/30/2024

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20241211952 · 12/30/2024 · Nasoya Foods USA, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Thumb(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event: Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source: Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery unspecified
Secondary source: "Lock out/ tag out" communication systems

Employer

Name: Nasoya Foods USA, LLC
Location: One New England Way, AYER, MASSACHUSETTS, 01432
NAICS: 311991
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was unjamming a packaging machine when they sustained a partial thumb amputation (right thumb at the knuckle) when the cutter engaged. Lock out/tag out procedures were not used.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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