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Accident Summary Nr: 123272.015 - Employee amputates three fingertips while vacuum packaging m

Accident Summary Nr: 123272.015 -- Report ID: 0522300 -- Event Date: 01/15/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1456790.015	01/21/2020		445110	Heinen'S Inc.

Abstract: At 6:15 a.m. on January 15, 2020, an employee was operating a vacuum packaging line in the meat department. A top film had become jammed on the discharge side of the line before the knife cutoff section. The employee reached under a guard to clear the jam with a box knife and caught his hand between the upward moving press and stationary blade. The employee amputated his left index, middle and ring fingertips and was required medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Blade, Cutting, Finger, Fingertip, Food Handling, Grocery Store, Hand Tool, Jammed, Knife, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Meat Processing, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Pinched, Plastic, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1456790.015	30	F	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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