Ateeco Inc.
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified — SHENANDOAH, PENNSYLVANIA
| Employer | Ateeco Inc. | Report ID | 2024054249 |
| Address | 600 East Centre St. | City, State ZIP | SHENANDOAH, PENNSYLVANIA 17976 |
| Event Date | May 14, 2024 | Outcome | Amputation |
| Nature of Injury | Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified | Body Part | Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) |
| Event Type | Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing | Source of Injury | Food and beverage processing machinery n.e.c. |
| Secondary Source | Machine guards | ||
| Industry (NAICS) | 311412 | Inspection # | 1749619 |
| GPS Coordinates | 40.82000, -76.19000 | ||
Incident Narrative
A sanitation employee was spraying the inside of the dough chunker machine to clear the dough out. The employee was on the blade side of the chunker machine. The employee checked the chunker when the cleaning process was done and saw a piece of dough still stuck inside. He reached to remove the dough from the machine and the blade caught his glove and left middle finger, amputating the fingertip. The machine was running and was guarded at the time.
Incident Summary
On May 14, 2024, a worker at Ateeco Inc. in SHENANDOAH, PENNSYLVANIA suffered amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified to the finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s). The incident was classified as struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing, with food and beverage processing machinery n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.
Context
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