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Accident Summary Nr: 123269.015 - Employee amputates fingertip while cleaning energized mill m

Accident Summary Nr: 123269.015 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 11/06/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1448213.015	11/27/2019		311911	Ready Roast Nut Company, Llc.

Abstract: At 4:15 a.m. on November 6, 2019, an employee working as a Laborer for a nut processing company was cleaning an attrition mill unit in the butter room area of the building. The employee was washing the attrition mill unit while it was off. However, the employee asked a coworker to turn the unit on so that he would be able to clean the bower section of the unit. The employee forgot the unit was still on while he was cleaning it. He placed his right index finger in the bower hole to push processed material in and as a result, caught his finger in the auger. The employee amputated his fingertip and required medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Auger, Auger Mechanism, Bypass Guard, Caught In, Cleaning, Finger, Fingertip, Food processing, Instantaneous amputation, Laborer, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Mill--Plant, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Safety Device, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1448213.015	31	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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