Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 123659.015 - Employee fractures fingers when pulled into energized blende

Accident Summary Nr: 123659.015 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 01/23/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1460277.015	02/03/2020		561720	Packers Sanitation Services, Inc., Ltd. Dba Pssi

Abstract: At 1:30 a.m. on January 23, 2020, an employee was rinsing the bottom of a food blender with a water hose rinsing the bottom from a side opening. The employee did not lock out the power and the blender started unexpectedly. The mixer paddles of the blender caught the hose and pulled the employee's left hand into the blender right along with the hose before he could let go. The employee fractured his fingers and thumb and lacerated the palm of his hand, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Caught By, Caught In, Cleaning, Energized, Finger, Food service, Fracture, Hand, Hose, Janitor, Laceration, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Mixer, Point Of Operation, Pulled In, Thumb

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1460277.015	45	M	Hospitalized injury		Janitors and cleaners

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