Ainsworth Pet Nutrition, LLC, a Division of JM Smucker Company

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation — Amputations — MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Ainsworth Pet Nutrition, LLC, a Division of JM Smucker Company in MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
Employer Ainsworth Pet Nutrition, LLC, a Division of JM Smucker Company Report ID 2019021722
Address 18746 Mill St. City, State ZIP MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA 16335
Event Date February 15, 2019 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation Source of Injury Machinery, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 311111 Inspection # 1380017
GPS Coordinates 41.62000, -80.16000

Incident Narrative

An employee was in a dryer room. Her left hand contacted a rotating airlock/rotary feeder valve in a pipe, causing the amputation of her index fingertip.

Incident Summary

On February 15, 2019, a worker at Ainsworth Pet Nutrition, LLC, a Division of JM Smucker Company in MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation, with machinery, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

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