Fourth Street Foods

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing — Amputations involving bone loss — CHARLEROI, PENNSYLVANIA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Fourth Street Foods in CHARLEROI, PENNSYLVANIA
Employer Fourth Street Foods Report ID 2024065573
Address 119 North Rt 88 South City, State ZIP CHARLEROI, PENNSYLVANIA 15022
Event Date June 22, 2024 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations involving bone loss Body Part Other finger(s) n.e.c.
Event Type Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing Source of Injury Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
Secondary Source Drives, belts, chains
Industry (NAICS) 311612 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 40.15000, -79.91000

Incident Narrative

On June 22, 2024, an employee was working on a bowl sealer. They were replacing the stretch wrap sealer on a large spool and feeding it through the machine when their left middle finger was amputated by a chain sprocket.

Incident Summary

On June 22, 2024, a worker at Fourth Street Foods in CHARLEROI, PENNSYLVANIA suffered amputations involving bone loss to the other finger(s) n.e.c.. The incident was classified as struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing, with packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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