Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Baker Boy Bake Shop, Inc., 170 GTA Drive, DICKINSON, NORTH DAKOTA 58601
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was putting frozen packages into a box when his right little finger was caught on the spiral freezer belt, resulting in a finger amputation.
An employee was removing frozen dumpling dough from the corner of a spiral belt conveyor and amputated her left index fingertip. The machine was energized and guarded at the time.
A Baker Boy Bake Shop, Inc., employee was hospitalized after receiving burns from hot water measuring approximately 180F while cleaning a conveyor oven.
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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