Flowers Baking Co
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation — Amputations — BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS
| Employer | Flowers Baking Co | Report ID | 2016109465 |
| Address | 1223 S St Louis St | City, State ZIP | BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS 72501 |
| Event Date | October 7, 2016 | Outcome | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Nature of Injury | Amputations | Body Part | Fingertip(s) |
| Event Type | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Source of Injury | Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c. |
| Industry (NAICS) | 424490 | Inspection # | — |
| GPS Coordinates | 35.76000, -91.64000 | ||
Incident Narrative
An employee was operating the bread line, where bread comes off the cooler line onto five different baggers. The bread goes onto a slide that pushes one loaf at a time into the guarded slicers. After it is sliced, a metal guide pushes the bread forward to the next line for the bread to be bagged. Two loaves of bread, one behind the other, went into the slicer the wrong way. When the employee attempted to grab the bread, the metal guide pinched her right pinky finger, resulting in a distal amputation of her fingertip.
Incident Summary
On October 7, 2016, a worker at Flowers Baking Co in BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation, with food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.
Context
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