HOUSTON, TEXAS—
Bimbo Bakeries USA
Slip without fall, n.e.c. · Amputations
Final narrative
An employee was adjusting the sheeter rollers on a bun divider machine with his right hand. As he was making the adjustment (changing the dough pans), he slipped and his left hand slid into the rotating roller, which was unguarded at the time. His left pinky and middle fingers received lacerations and his left ring fingertip was crushed, resulting in a surgical amputation.
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