Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2019-05-06 | Loganton | Pennsylvania | Nicholas Meat, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
On May 6, 2019, at approximately 7:00 AM, an employee was pulling bones from a conveyor and stacking them on the table of a bandsaw. The employee turned to retrieve more bones and his left pinky finger struck the running saw blade causing a partial amputation. | |||||
2018-05-15 | Loganton | Pennsylvania | Nicholas Meat, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee's fingers were inside a machine when a second employee activated the two-hand controls, powering the machine's hock cutter. The hock cutter then amputated the employee's fingers. | |||||
2016-04-15 | Loganton | Pennsylvania | Nicholas Meat, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
At approximately 11:00 AM on April 15, 2016, an employee was cutting cow bones using a band saw. The employee's right hand came into contact with the band saw, amputating the right pinky finger just below the first joint (distal phalanx). |