Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 100646.015 - Employee amputates finger while cleaning a press mixer

Accident Summary Nr: 100646.015 -- Report ID: 0111500 -- Event Date: 11/09/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1276740.015	11/13/2017		311412	Ragozzino Foods, Inc.

Abstract: At 2:30 a.m. on November 9, 2017, an employee was working for a firm that provided sanitation services for food processing plants across the United States and Canada. He was working at a food processing plant owned by a firm that produced specialty frozen foods. He was watching a worker for the firm that owned the processing plant clean a press mixer. Though not authorized, the employee, for some reason, decided to clean the press mixer. The tip of the ring finger on his right hand was amputated by the press mixers rotating augur. The narrative did not say whether or not he was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Auger, Caught By, Caught In, Cleaning, Finger, Food Preparation, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Mixer, Point Of Operation, Rotating Parts

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1276740.015	30	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Food Cleanup Worker

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