Shanks Extracts, Incorporated

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds — LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Shanks Extracts, Incorporated in LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA
Employer Shanks Extracts, Incorporated Report ID 2016087421
Address 350 Richardson Road City, State ZIP LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA 17603
Event Date August 9, 2016 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds Body Part Hand(s), except finger(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Bottling, canning, filling machinery
Industry (NAICS) 311942 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 40.03000, -76.40000

Incident Narrative

An employee was attempting to clear a jam on the bottling machine when the bottle filler tube punctured his left hand between the first and second digits, requiring sutures and possible hand surgery.

Incident Summary

On August 9, 2016, a worker at Shanks Extracts, Incorporated in LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA suffered puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds to the hand(s), except finger(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with bottling, canning, filling machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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