Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 122483.015 - Employee sustains injuries to hand while using lint cleaner

Accident Summary Nr: 122483.015 -- Report ID: 0418400 -- Event Date: 12/02/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1451119.015	12/11/2019		115111	Farmers Gin & Peanut Company, Inc.

Abstract: At 9:30 p.m. on December 2, 2019, an employee was removing a blockage (jammed cotton) with the use of his hands from the feed rollers inside a Golden Eagle Lint Cleaner (model: 24D, Serial Number 20946). While the employee was removing the jammed cotton, a coworker activated the lint cleaner. The employee's left hand became caught between two of the lint cleaner's feed rollers. The employee sustained injuries to the left hand included lacerations, a fractured index and ring finger, and an amputation of the middle finger. The employee was treated without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Caught In, Cotton, Finger, Fracture, Hand, Jammed, Laceration, Removing, Roller--Mach/Part

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1451119.015	37	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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