Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 120449.015 - Employee amputates two fingers when caught in hide puller gr

Accident Summary Nr: 120449.015 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 09/25/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1435129.015	10/02/2019		311612	Cargill Meat Solutions Corp.

Abstract: At 10:30 p.m. on September 25, 2019, an employee working for a meat processing plant was operating a hide puller when he caught his fingers in the gripper. The employee amputated ring and pinky fingers and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Catch Point, Caught In, Finger, Food processing, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Meat Processing, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pinch Point, Pinched

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1435129.015	22	M	Hospitalized injury		Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.

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