Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at Sarasota Medical Products, Inc.
Start: 4/18/2025

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2025043641 · 4/18/2025 · Sarasota Medical Products, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Other finger(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event: Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source: Bottling, canning, filling machinery
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: Sarasota Medical Products, Inc.
Location: 1451 Sarasota Center Blvd., SARASOTA, FLORIDA, 34240
NAICS: 339113
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating an automated bagging and packaging machine to bag hydrocolloids. A bag was stuck in the machine. As the employee was removing it, the blade amputated the top of their right index finger.

Source

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