Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Kountry Kraft Kitchens, Inc., 291 South Sheridan Road, NEWMANSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA 17073
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
On or about January 11, 2016, at 10:30 a.m., an employee was operating a CNC saw and made a trim cut. When he tried to remove the scrap piece, the front-side pressure device activated and trapped his left pinky finger, avulsing part of the skin. He was hospitalized with a partial finger amputation.
An employee was replacing a dust cover on an oven fan. The fan blade caught the edge of the employee's right hand, lacerating the top of the hand and the little finger, breaking the ring finger, and cutting a tendon.
An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.
An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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An employee was cutting a piece of wood with a table saw. The wood bound in the saw, which then pulled the employee's right hand into the blade. His middle finger was cut and fractured.
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An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.