Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 131490.015 - Employee is burned while operating packaging machine

Accident Summary Nr: 131490.015 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 11/22/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1504519.015	12/01/2020		311812	Fairfield Gourmet Food Corp.

Abstract: At 8:16 p.m. on November 22, 2020, an employee was pulling plastic between the wheels on the L sealer located in the packaging area. She placed her hand under the guard, causing the photo eye to clamp down on her hand. The employee was hospitalized to treat a full thickness burn of right middle finger and right ring finger and a partial thickness burn of right index finger.

Keywords: Burn, Clamp, Finger, Machine Guarding, Packaging, Packaging Machine, Plastic, Pulling, Sealing Machine, Wheel

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1504519.015	54	F	Hospitalized injury		Packaging and filling machine operators

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