PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA—
Tasty Baking Company
Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Amputations
Final narrative
An employee was working on the end of a spiral cooling conveyor belt. During cooling activities, the employee bent over and placed their hand at the end of the cooling conveyor belt. The metal conveyor belt met with a pointed cylindrical free spinning wheel approximately a half inch from the metal conveyor. The employee's middle finger was caught between the conveyor and the free spinning wheel resulting in an amputation injury.
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