TOPEKA, KANSAS·
Frito-Lay
Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Frito-Lay, 4236 SW Kirklawn Ave., TOPEKA, KANSAS 66609 on , Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was working in the palletizing area, inspecting a right angle gear box when his left index finger was amputated at the middle knuckle by the timing belt of the gear box.
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