Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Once Again Nut Butter Collective, Inc. , 12 S. State Street , NUNDA, NEW YORK 14517
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee lifted the hinged cover of a peanut bin/hopper and put his left hand in the bin. A moving auger inside the bin caught his left-hand ring finger and amputated the fingertip. The bin cover was not interlocked, and the production line was not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
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