Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 110315.015 - Employee's finger is amputated in pump

Accident Summary Nr: 110315.015 -- Report ID: 0523900 -- Event Date: 10/16/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1355264.015	10/23/2018		311615	Jennie-O-Turkey Store, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:30 a.m. on October 16, 2018, a male employee was working for a poultry processor. He was binding cardboard totes near some beehive equipment. He was servicing the beehive equipment. He had his lock applied to the grinder of the beehive equipment in accordance with the lockout/tagout (LOTO) process for servicing the machine. He fell and inadvertently came into contact with moving parts within a Waukesha pump. The index finger on his left hand became caught by lobes within the pump. The employee sustained an amputation of that finger. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Caught By, Fall, Finger, Food processing, Grinder, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Maintenance, Pump, Rotating Parts

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1355264.015	28	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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