GREELEY, COLORADO—
LEPRINO FOODS COMPANY
Contact incidents unspecified · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at LEPRINO FOODS COMPANY, 1302 1st Ave, GREELEY, COLORADO 80631 on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was performing maintenance on a chain pulley system and replacing a metal belt chain. He manually applied the chain onto a sprocket. While pulling the chain to connect it to the other end, tension on the chain was lost, causing the employee's thumb to slip and contact the metal sprocket catch. The employee's thumb tip was amputated.
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