Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 118914.015 - Employee's thumb is amputated while unloading meat grinder

Accident Summary Nr: 118914.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 07/05/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1418219.015	08/13/2019		311612	Ebels Family Center Dba Ebles Meats

Abstract: At 7:45 a.m. on July 5, 2019, an employee was in training to run a meat mixer. The employee was helping pull the mixed meat from the mixer when he reached in too far and made contact with the revolving auger. The employee suffered an amputation of the tip of his left thumb and was treated without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Auger, Contact, Fingertip, Inexperience, Meat Blending Mach, Reaching, Thumb, Training

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1418219.015	35	M	Non Hospitalized injury

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