Sterling Foods Bakery
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified — 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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