Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 122519.015 - Employee partially amputates finger while breaking down grin

Accident Summary Nr: 122519.015 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 09/26/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1451395.015	10/04/2019		311612	Burger Maker Company Inc

Abstract: At 11:30 a.m. on September 26, 2019, an employee who worked as a machine operator for a meat processing plant was preparing to break down a grinder machine. The equipment was not locked out and when the employee began to pull the equipment out to work on it, the blades began to rotate. The employee partially amputated his right middle finger on one of the blades and required medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Catch Point, Caught In, Equipment Operator, Finger, Grinder, Hand, Lack of Work Procedures, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine operator, Meat Grinder, Meat Processing, Partial Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1451395.015	30	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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