Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at The Gifting Company - PA, 515 North Reading Road, EPHRATA, PENNSYLVANIA 17522
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was clearing thickened chocolate from the dispensing port of the melting tank when their right index finger contacted the agitator and was amputated up to first knuckle.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
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