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Accident Summary Nr: 100632.015 - Employee's finger is caught in a pastry topping depositor wh

Accident Summary Nr: 100632.015 -- Report ID: 0134000 -- Event Date: 08/29/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1269850.015	10/12/2017		311813	Hoff'S Kitchen Co., Inc.

Abstract: At 10:30 a.m. on August 29, 2017, Employee #1 was operating a Unifiller Depositor #020 on Line 4, finishing pastries. The Depositor #020 is a machine that is essentially a pneumatic piston that supplies a predetermined amount of material, frosting, cake batter, etc., from a hopper for the manufacture/finishing of pastries. The activation of the machine's operating cycle requires the operation of a foot pedal and a handheld button. Depositor #020 jammed and would no longer deliver frosting. The employee removed the cover from the piston and attempted to clear the jam using his right index finger. Employee #1 inadvertently activated the machine, resulting in his right index finger becoming caught between the machines piston and another component of the machine. Employee #1 was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. The employee missed 26 days of work as a result of the incident.

Keywords: Caught In, Finger, Foot Control, Hopper, Jammed, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Piston

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1269850.015	54	F	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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