Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 122397.015 - Employee amputates fingers when reaching into packing machin

Accident Summary Nr: 122397.015 -- Report ID: 0729300 -- Event Date: 12/09/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1450365.015	12/11/2019		311999	John Volpi & Company

Abstract: At 1:15 p.m. on December 9, 2019, an employee working as a machine operator for a food manufacturer was aligning packaging film on a repack machine. The employee reached into the crosscut blade area of the machine with her right hand and was struck by the blades. The employee amputated the middle and ring fingers of right hand and required medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Adjust, Amputated, Amputation, Blade, Blind Reaching, Caught By, Finger, Food processing, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Point Of Operation, Reaching, Struck By, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1450365.015	24	F	Non Hospitalized injury		Packaging and filling machine operators

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