Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 120096.015 - Worker's hands are caught and mangled in metering wheel whil

Accident Summary Nr: 120096.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 09/11/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1432708.015	09/24/2019		311411	Coloma Frozen Foods Inc.

Abstract: At 3:15 p.m. on September 11, 2019, an employee was working for a firm that made frozen fruits, juices, and vegetables. He was cleaning vegetables off a metering wheel. To do this, he had taken off the metering wheel's guard. The wheel was moving. It had not been deenergized. Both of his hands got caught in the metering wheel. He suffered fractures to his left hand and fingers, and his right hand was mangled. He was hospitalized for two or more days.

Keywords: Caught In, Cleaning, Finger, Food Handling, Food processing, Fracture, Hand, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Rotating Parts, Traumatic

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1432708.015	34	M	Hospitalized injury

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