Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 120587.015 - Employee partially amputates right finger in mold machine

Accident Summary Nr: 120587.015 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 09/06/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1436614.015	10/08/2019		311513	Saputo Cheese Usa Inc.

Abstract: At 5:00 a.m. on September 6, 2022, an employee was preparing to sanitize a cheese mold machine with a rotating mold wheel. To sanitize the machine, the undercarriage was swung to the side, and the rotating mold was processing empty molds. The machine was not locked out. The employee did not wait for the empty molds to clear and placed his finger under the mold, a plunger activated to clear the mold. The plunger caught the tip of the employee's finger, resulting in a serious partial amputation of the right index finger that required surgery. The employee was not hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputation, Caught In, Finger, Lockout/Tagout, Machine operator, Mold, Molding Machine, Partial Amputation, Rotating Parts

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1436614.015	66	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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