Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 115506.015 - Employee's finger is amputated in line valve

Accident Summary Nr: 115506.015 -- Report ID: 0521100 -- Event Date: 04/10/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1394025.015	04/18/2019		424430	Winona Foods Inc.

Abstract: At 9:30 p.m. on April 10, 2019, Employee # 1 was cleaning the hopper area before the end of his work shift. The plastic expanding hose, from the hopper bottom into the pressure valve, came loose and sprayed anti-cake around the area. Employee # 1 re-attached the hose. As he was doing that, he used his finger to remove anti-cake from the top of the valve. The t-valve inside the housing closed, and pinched the tip of Employee 1's left middle finger. He suffered an amputation to the tip of left middle finger. He was not hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Cleaning, Finger, Fingertip, Hopper, Hose, Nip Point, Pinched, Valve

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1394025.015	19	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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