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Utz Quality Foods, LLC

Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified — Amputations — BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Utz Quality Foods, LLC in BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
Employer Utz Quality Foods, LLC Report ID 2023043489
Address 1 Golden Flake Drive City, State ZIP BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA 35205
Event Date April 19, 2023 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified Source of Injury Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
Industry (NAICS) 311919 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 33.50000, -86.82000

Incident Narrative

An employee was installing/stringing film around a packaging machine's former when their index finger became caught between the drive belt and pulley. They sustained a crush injury to the fingertip that was medically amputated to the distal joint.

Incident Summary

On April 19, 2023, a worker at Utz Quality Foods, LLC in BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified, with packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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