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Farmers Pride Incorporated

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

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Farmers Pride Incorporated in FREDERICKSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
Employer Farmers Pride Incorporated Report ID 2021097531
Address 154 W. Main Street City, State ZIP FREDERICKSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17026
Event Date September 1, 2021 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Butchering machinery
Industry (NAICS) 311615 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 40.44000, -76.43000

Incident Narrative

An employee was cleaning a liver harvest machine. While removing liver/gizzard parts from a plastic auger, the rotating auger amputated his right index fingertip.

Incident Summary

On September 1, 2021, a worker at Farmers Pride Incorporated in FREDERICKSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with butchering machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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