Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 123396.015 - Employee incurs partial thumb amputation while cleaning auge

Accident Summary Nr: 123396.015 -- Report ID: 0729700 -- Event Date: 01/07/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1457953.015	01/16/2020		311991	Reser'S Fine Foods

Abstract: At 3:54 a.m. on January 7, 2020, an employee was sanitizing a feed hopper/ricer augur when the machine started up. The employee had his hand near the rotating parts and adequate guards were not in place. The employee incurred a partial amputation to his thumb as a result and required hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Cleaning, Engineering Controls, Feed Mill, Finger, Food processing, Guard, Hand, Hopper, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine Guarding, Partial Amputation, Pinched, Rotating Parts, Struck By, Thumb, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1457953.015	32	M	Hospitalized injury		Not Applicable

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