Kunzler and Company Incorporated

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

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Kunzler and Company Incorporated in LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA
Employer Kunzler and Company Incorporated Report ID 2019021199
Address 652 Manor Street City, State ZIP LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA 17603
Event Date February 1, 2019 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Product labeling machinery
Industry (NAICS) 445210 Inspection # 1376923
GPS Coordinates 40.03000, -76.31000

Incident Narrative

A maintenance employee was pulling on a belt while clearing a labeling jam. When it became free, it caught his fingers in the conveyor belt, amputating the end of his pinky finger and fracturing his ring finger.

Incident Summary

On February 1, 2019, a worker at Kunzler and Company Incorporated in LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with product labeling machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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