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Stevens Feed Mill, Incorporated

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

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Stevens Feed Mill, Incorporated in STEVENS, PENNSYLVANIA
Employer Stevens Feed Mill, Incorporated Report ID 20231110482
Address 28 Stevens Road City, State ZIP STEVENS, PENNSYLVANIA 17578
Event Date November 14, 2023 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 311119 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 40.21000, -76.15000

Incident Narrative

An employee cleared dust accumulation from the exhaust fan blades of a pellet cooler before cleaning the pellet cooler itself. As they were closing the inspection hatch to the airlock, the fan blade contacted three fingers on their right hand, resulting in a laceration to the index finger and fingertip amputations of the ring and middle fingers that required further amputation past the nailbed.

Incident Summary

On November 14, 2023, a worker at Stevens Feed Mill, Incorporated in STEVENS, PENNSYLVANIA suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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