Tropicana Products, Inc.

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified — Amputations — BRADENTON, FLORIDA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Tropicana Products, Inc. in BRADENTON, FLORIDA
Employer Tropicana Products, Inc. Report ID 2019021874
Address 1001 13th Ave. E. City, State ZIP BRADENTON, FLORIDA 34208
Event Date February 19, 2019 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified Source of Injury Special process machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 311411 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 27.48000, -82.55000

Incident Narrative

A valve in a piping system closed on an employee's left fourth and fifth fingers, amputating the tips.

Incident Summary

On February 19, 2019, a worker at Tropicana Products, Inc. in BRADENTON, FLORIDA suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified, with special process machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

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