GONNELLA BAKING CO.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — AURORA, ILLINOIS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at GONNELLA BAKING CO. in AURORA, ILLINOIS
Employer GONNELLA BAKING CO. Report ID 20201211863
Address 2435 Church Road City, State ZIP AURORA, ILLINOIS 60502
Event Date December 19, 2020 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 Conveyors-chain
Secondary Source Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
Industry (NAICS) 311812 Inspection # 1507578
GPS Coordinates 41.80000, -88.28000

Incident Narrative

At 10:37 p.m. on December 19, 2020, an employee was greasing a drive train for the conveyor. The employee used a rag to remove excess grease and the rag got caught in the sprocket, pulling the employee's ring and middle fingers into the sprocket and causing an amputation injury.

Incident Summary

On December 19, 2020, a worker at GONNELLA BAKING CO. in AURORA, ILLINOIS suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with conveyors-chain identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

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