East Baking Co

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing — Amputations involving bone loss — SYRACUSE, NEW YORK

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at East Baking Co in SYRACUSE, NEW YORK
Employer East Baking Co Report ID 2024076424
Address 310 Lakeside Road City, State ZIP SYRACUSE, NEW YORK 13209
Event Date July 16, 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, bottling, wrapping machinery n.e.c.
Secondary Source Clothing
Industry (NAICS) 311812 Inspection # 1762644
GPS Coordinates 43.10000, -76.25000

Incident Narrative

An employee was standing near the bagging machine while maintenance was working on it when their right sleeve was pulled into the conveyor and their left little finger became caught in the machine, resulting in amputation to the distal knuckle.

Incident Summary

On July 16, 2024, a worker at East Baking Co in SYRACUSE, NEW YORK 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, bottling, wrapping machinery n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

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