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Flowers Baking Co. of Opelika, LLC

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — OPELIKA, ALABAMA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Flowers Baking Co. of Opelika, LLC in OPELIKA, ALABAMA
Employer Flowers Baking Co. of Opelika, LLC Report ID 20191111697
Address 101 Simmons Street City, State ZIP OPELIKA, ALABAMA 36801
Event Date November 11, 2019 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 Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 311812 Inspection # 1444406
GPS Coordinates 32.64000, -85.38000

Incident Narrative

An employee was using a scissor lift, working on the chain drive for a roll cooler line. The employee's right hand was caught in the chain and his index finger was amputated.

Incident Summary

On November 11, 2019, a worker at Flowers Baking Co. of Opelika, LLC in OPELIKA, ALABAMA 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 food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

OSHA has recorded 5,298 severe injury reports involving "Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning" incidents in our database. Browse all Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning injuries.

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