OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221406028

ROSINA FOOD INC

BUFFALO, NY· 2021-05-17T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Blade, Cleaning, Finger, Fingertip, Food processing, Glove, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Partial Amputation, Struck Against, Traumatic Amputation, Wrong Equipment
NAICS: 311412
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345605638
Employer profile: ROSINA FOOD INC
Summary number: 221406028
Report ID: 0213600

Event description

Employee amputates fingertip while cleaning food equipment b

Investigation abstract

At 11:45 p.m. on May 17, 2021, an employee working for a frozen food manufacturer was cleaning equipment. The employee brushed his finger across a sharp blade during cleaning. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for an amputated fingertip without bone loss.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 29 M

Event type
6

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