Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Bimbo Bakeries USA, Inc., 1916 N. Broadway Ave, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA 73103
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was using a scraper to remove and clean dough off a mixer and caught a finger in the spinning chain and sprocket severing the fingertip. The mixer was not locked out at the time.
HospitalizedAmputationFingertip(s)Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
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