Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at SENECA FOODS CORPORATION, 100 GAMBEE ROAD, GENEVA, NEW YORK 14456
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
While making an adjustment, an employee's left index fingertip was caught in a running chain and was amputated.
Forklift drivers were unloading product from a semi trailer. One employee stopped their forklift about 15-20 feet from the back of the trailer, got out, and began adjusting the forklift's forks. Another forklift backed into the employee, who suffered a compound fracture of the left tibia and was hospitalized.
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