Sterling Foods Bakery

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified — SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Sterling Foods Bakery in SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
Employer Sterling Foods Bakery Report ID 2024076841
Address 1075 Arion Pkwy City, State ZIP SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78216
Event Date July 28, 2024 Outcome Hospitalized, 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 Secondary source not applicable
Industry (NAICS) 311812 Inspection # 1765389
GPS Coordinates 29.55000, -98.47000

Incident Narrative

An employee used a step ladder to access a sewer area so they could remove a clog in the food depositor machine hopper and sustained an amputation to their index fingertip and fractures to the same hand.

Incident Summary

On July 28, 2024, a worker at Sterling Foods Bakery in SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 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 hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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