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Better Baked Foods, Inc.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — NORTH EAST, PENNSYLVANIA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Better Baked Foods, Inc. in NORTH EAST, PENNSYLVANIA
Employer Better Baked Foods, Inc. Report ID 2018054800
Address 56 Smedley Street City, State ZIP NORTH EAST, PENNSYLVANIA 16428
Event Date May 16, 2018 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Special process machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 311412 Inspection # 1317266
GPS Coordinates 42.21000, -79.82000

Incident Narrative

An employee was cleaning underneath a belt on a machine at the chain drive when her glove became caught on the chain drive, pulling her hand into the moving part. She suffered a right finger amputation and fractured right wrist.

Incident Summary

On May 16, 2018, a worker at Better Baked Foods, Inc. in NORTH EAST, PENNSYLVANIA suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with special process machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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