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Accident Summary Nr: 123311.015 - Employee amputates fingers while clearing debris from grinde

Accident Summary Nr: 123311.015 -- Report ID: 0729300 -- Event Date: 01/16/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1457075.015	01/21/2020		325412	Byo Operations, Llc

Abstract: At 11:15 a.m. on January 16, 2020, an employee was clearing debris away from a rotary valve at the discharge end of a grinder hopper. The employees fingers slipped thru a guard into the rotating valve pinch point. The employee amputated three fingers, requiring medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Catch Point, Caught In, Finger, Grinder, Guard, Hopper, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Nip Point, Pinched, Rotating Parts, Slip, Slippery Surface, Unguarded, Valve

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1457075.015	50	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Supervisors and proprietors, sales occupations

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