Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 118738.015 - Employee's finger is amputated when machine not locked out/t

Accident Summary Nr: 118738.015 -- Report ID: 0524700 -- Event Date: 08/02/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1421483.015	08/07/2019		311999	Schwans Mama Rosa'S Llc

Abstract: At 9:15 p.m. on August 2, 2019, an employee working on the sanitation shift was cleaning the framework under the Grote Pepperoni machine. The employee was cleaning debris on the Grote Pepperoni Machine through an access panel, when the employee's right hand slipped and became caught in the chain and sprocket inside the access point. The machine was running and not locked out. The employee suffered an amputation of the tip of one finger and a laceration of a second finger and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Chain, Cleaning, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Laceration, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Partial Amputation, Sprocket, Training

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1421483.015	40	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Food Cleanup Worker

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