Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 131005.015 - Employee amputates fingertips in motor chain and sprocket

Accident Summary Nr: 131005.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 10/30/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1501136.015	11/10/2020		424490	Lavoi Corporation Dba Epi Breads

Abstract: At 9:40 a.m. on October 30, 2020, an employee working as a machine operator for a grocery products supplier was cleaning a machine when he inadvertently placed his hand through an opening in a guard. The employee amputated his fingertips on the drive motor chain and sprocket and received medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Chain, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Motor, Opening, Partial Amputation, Shear, Sheared, Sprocket, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1501136.015	45	F	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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