BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA—
Freshpet, Inc.
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Freshpet, Inc., 176 N. Commerce Way, BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA 18017 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning a conveyor belt when his left middle finger was pinched between the belt and a metal housing (lifted so he could clean the belt). He suffered a partial amputation to the finger.
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