Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 104682.015 - Employee's index finger is struck by sweeper arm and is ampu

Accident Summary Nr: 104682.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 03/29/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1307151.015	04/13/2018		111422	Walters Gardens Inc

Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. on March 29, 2018, an employee was operating an ELLE planting tray filling machine and placed an index finger in a fill tube that was on a fill tray that moved away from the light curtain. The machine started while the employee's finger was still in the soil fill tube, amputating it at the first knuckle when it was struck by a sweep arm. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Finger, Struck By, Sweeper Arm

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1307151.015	48	F	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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