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Revolution Foods, Inc.

Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. — Amputations — EDISON, NEW JERSEY

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Revolution Foods, Inc. in EDISON, NEW JERSEY
Employer Revolution Foods, Inc. Report ID 20181112173
Address 50-60 Parkway Place City, State ZIP EDISON, NEW JERSEY 08837
Event Date November 28, 2018 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. Source of Injury Buckets, baskets, pails
Secondary Source Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
Industry (NAICS) 311999 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 40.51000, -74.33000

Incident Narrative

An employee pulled eight cases of orange juice inside bread baskets weighing approximately 170 pounds across the dock from the staging area to a van. He was trying to load the cases of juice onto the van by hand when the baskets became stuck on the dock going into the van. He pulled the bread baskets and they started to tip over onto the van. As he tried to catch the falling baskets, his right hand was caught between the van floor and bread baskets. He pulled his hand out, resulting in a right middle index fingertip amputation.

Incident Summary

On November 28, 2018, a worker at Revolution Foods, Inc. in EDISON, NEW JERSEY suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c., with buckets, baskets, pails identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

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