Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 122013.015 - Employee's fingertip is amputated in mixing bowl

Accident Summary Nr: 122013.015 -- Report ID: 0418600 -- Event Date: 11/14/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1447193.015	11/18/2019		311920	Dip Stop, Inc

Abstract: At 2:15 p.m. on November 14, 2019, an employee was working for a firm that manufactured coffee and tea. She was introducing material into a mixing bowl. The resultant blend would be sold in sample packs. She was using her hands to even out material that was bunching up around fixed paddles in the bowl. She had her hands all the way down in the bowl, when it rotated. Her finger was caught in between the paddle and the rotating bowl. The tip of the middle finger on her right hand was amputated. She was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Finger, Fingertip, Food Handling, Food processing, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Cycled, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Mixer, Mixer Blade, Rotating Parts, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1447193.015	28	F	Hospitalized injury

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