Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 118992.015 - Employee partially amputates finger while cleaning machine

Accident Summary Nr: 118992.015 -- Report ID: 0317900 -- Event Date: 08/10/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1423672.015	08/15/2019		311330	Bazzini Llc

Abstract: At 6:15 a.m. on August 10, 2019, Employee #1 was operating a peanut butter conditioning system at a confectionary manufacturing facility. An electric impeller pump, which pumps liquid peanut butter into a 100-gallon stainless steel mixing kettle, became clogged. Employee #1 disconnected stainless steel piping from one side of the impeller pump and stuck his right middle finger into the rotating area of the impeller pump. He did not know that the impeller pump was still running. Employee #1 sustained partial amputation of the tip of his right middle finger when he contacted the impeller pump blade area. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: Blade, Cleaning, Electric Pump, Energized, Finger, Food processing, Lockout, Machine operator, Mixer, Partial Amputation, Pump, Rotating Parts

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1423672.015	51	M	Hospitalized injury		Kitchen workers, food preparation

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