Moran Foods, LLC

Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c. — Amputations — DAYTON, OHIO

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Moran Foods, LLC in DAYTON, OHIO
Employer Moran Foods, LLC Report ID 2015085738
Address 2152 Gettysburg Avenue City, State ZIP DAYTON, OHIO 45406
Event Date August 13, 2015 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c. Source of Injury Skids, pallets
Industry (NAICS) 445110 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 39.78000, -84.25000

Incident Narrative

Two employees were moving a pallet with a manual pallet jack when a piece of the wooden pallet broke. While one of the employee's reached down to grab the piece of wood, the other employee lowered the pallet catching the injured employee's left middle finger. The left middle fingertip was amputated and surgically reattached.

Incident Summary

On August 13, 2015, a worker at Moran Foods, LLC in DAYTON, OHIO suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as struck by object or equipment, n.e.c., with skids, pallets identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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