Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 130172.015 - Employee amputates finger when caught in box machine gears

Accident Summary Nr: 130172.015 -- Report ID: 0418300 -- Event Date: 10/03/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1496521.015	10/08/2020		311615	Koch Foods

Abstract: At 6:30 p.m. October 3, 2020, an employee was working as a laborer for a poultry producer when he caught his hand between two gears of a box machine. The employee crushed and amputated his ringer finger and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Caught In, Crushed, Finger, Food processing, Gear, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Laborer, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine operator, Meat Processing, Pinch Point, Pinched, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1496521.015	22	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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