Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 123530.015 - Employee amputates fingertip when caught in industrial mixer

Accident Summary Nr: 123530.015 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 11/08/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1459021.015	01/29/2020		311999	J&J Processing

Abstract: At 2:15 p.m. on November 8, 2019, an employee who worked as a food production worker for a food production facility was emptying a bag of a dry mixture into a dry mix blending machine. The employee had worked at the facility performing the same duties for almost 20 years. The employee was using the industrial dry mixer and preparing a dry mix food item. The employee closed the lid on the mixer and inadvertently caught his left pinky finger in the lid. The employee amputated his fingertip and required medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Crushed, Food processing, Instantaneous amputation, Machine operator, Material Handling, Mixer, Partial Amputation, Pinched, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1459021.015	43	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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