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Treehouse Foods

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

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Treehouse Foods in HANOVER, PENNSYLVANIA
Employer Treehouse Foods Report ID 20191112192
Address 680 West Chestnut Street City, State ZIP HANOVER, PENNSYLVANIA 17331
Event Date November 24, 2019 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
Industry (NAICS) 311919 Inspection # 1448590
GPS Coordinates 39.79000, -76.99000

Incident Narrative

An employee was doing maintenance work on an air cylinder that operates a jaw bagger when their finger was pinched by the air cylinder. The employee sustained an amputation to the left distal fingertip without bone loss.

Incident Summary

On November 24, 2019, a worker at Treehouse Foods in HANOVER, PENNSYLVANIA suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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