Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 116594.015 - Employee amputates two fingers while unclogging grinding mac

Accident Summary Nr: 116594.015 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 05/24/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1403921.015	05/28/2019		311999	Nestle Usa, Inc.

Abstract: At 8:44 a.m. on May 24, 2019, an employee was operating a Corenco Disintegrator Model# M8A food grinding machine equipped with a Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) on the motor. The employee shut off the machine and reached in with her hands from the bottom to to remove clogged meat from the corners of the machine. The machine cycled and the blade caught and cut off the employee's right middle and ring fingers, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Blade, Clogged, Finger, Food processing, Grinder, Grinding Machine, Guard, Hand, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Meat Grinder, Meat Processing, Point Of Operation, Rotating Parts, Shear, Sheared, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1403921.015	58	F	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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