CHICAGO, ILLINOIS—
Pepsi Beverages Company
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Pepsi Beverages Company, 1400 W. 35th Street, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60609 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was trying to move a vending machine when his right little finger became lodged between a cooler and the frame of a truck. The fingertip was amputated.
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