Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at PSSI, 2223 County Road I, CRETE, NEBRASKA 68333
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning the bacon department by spraying the floor and two running bacon conveyor belts with a hose and hot water. The employee placed her hand on the side of the conveyor to remove the slippery layer of bacon residue. Her left index and middle fingers contacted the conveyor belt next to a roller and was pulled into a structural part of the bacon press that had a metal edge. The employee sustained an amputation to her index and middle fingertips.
HospitalizedAmputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Conveyors belt, slot, chain
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