Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 117659.015 - Employee is hand caught in machine, amputates two fingers

Accident Summary Nr: 117659.015 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 03/29/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1391010.015	04/05/2019		311919	Romeros Food Products Inc

Abstract: At 8:15 a.m. on March 29, 2019, an employee was lubricating the oven compartment of a J.C. Ford Model Number FTO050102 tortilla oven while the machine was energized. The machine is used in the process of baking tortillas for distribution. The employee was wearing a latex glove using his right hand to clean away excess grease when he caught his hand in moving parts within the oven compartment. He amputated the index and pinky fingers of his right hand and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught By, Caught In, Chain, Energized, Finger, Food processing, Glove, Grease, Hand, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Lubricating, Machine operator, Maintenance, Oven, Shaft, Sprocket, Struck By, Tag, Tagout, Training

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1391010.015	32	M	Hospitalized injury		Machinists

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