Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at PetDine, LLC, 4700 Innovation Drive Building B, FORT COLLINS, COLORADO 80525
on , Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was using a 4-foot paddle to clean out a hopper that discharges pet-chew product into an extruder. The paddle contacted the extruder's auger and was pulled into the hopper. The employee's finger was cut by a sharp edge on the hopper. He sustained a partial fingertip amputation with an open fracture. The hopper was running at the time.
AmputationFingertip(s)Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified