Farmer's Pride
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — FREDERICKSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
| Employer | Farmer's Pride | Report ID | 2021098320 |
| Address | 2929 State Route 22 | City, State ZIP | FREDERICKSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17026 |
| Event Date | September 27, 2021 | Outcome | Hospitalized, 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) | 112320 | Inspection # | 1556618 |
| GPS Coordinates | 40.44000, -76.40000 | ||
Incident Narrative
An employee was bending over to pick up chicken parts from the floor in a leg deboning department. When he reached up and under the machine to get a chicken part, his hand was caught in the machine, resulting in a partial fingertip amputation.
Incident Summary
On September 27, 2021, a worker at Farmer's Pride 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 hospitalized, 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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