Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Astor Chocolate Corp., 651 New Hampshire Ave, LAKEWOOD, NEW JERSEY 08701
on , Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was getting chocolate product from the outfeed of a wrapping machine when the rotating elevator that pushes wrapped chocolate onto the outfeed ramp caught her right middle fingertip, resulting in a partial fingertip amputation. The machine was guarded and in operation at the time of the incident.
AmputationFinger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery