Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 115312.015 - Employee suffers partial finger amputation on batter machine

Accident Summary Nr: 115312.015 -- Report ID: 0418400 -- Event Date: 03/27/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1392955.015	04/09/2019		311615	Equity Group - Georgia Division, Llc

Abstract: At 8:45 p.m. on March 27, 2019, an employee was working for a poultry processor. He was clearing a blockage inside metal piping of a Nothum Batter Pro model Mod Pro PD 450 batter mixing machine. Pieces of chicken had accumulated inside the metal piping. As the employee reached inside the piping, the rotors inside the piping actuated. The middle finger on the employee's left hand middle finger came into contact with the rotors. The employee suffered a partial amputation to that finger. He was not hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Caught By, Finger, Food processing, Jammed, Lockout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Partial Amputation, Rotating Parts

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1392955.015	32	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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