Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at Dutch Gold Honey, Inc.
Start: 3/17/2025

1 amputation · 2025032498 · 3/17/2025 · Dutch Gold Honey, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event: Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source: Elevators, hoists, lifts unspecified
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: Dutch Gold Honey, Inc.
Location: 2220 Dutch Gold Drive, LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17601
NAICS: 311999
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A hoist used for filter bags was doubled over itself and an employee was untwisting/untangling its cable. The hoist moved up instead of down when activated, due to the bags, and caught the employee's left middle finger. The employee sustained the amputation of about inch of the fingertip.

Source

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