Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 131585.015 - Tip of employee's thumb is amputated while unjamming blender

Accident Summary Nr: 131585.015 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 12/04/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1505788.015	12/09/2020		424420	George Chiala Farms, Inc.

Abstract: At 8:00 a.m. on December 4, 2020, an employee was working as a laborer for a wholesaler of packaged frozen foods. He was clearing a jam in a blending machine. The blending machine had not been deenergized. The tip of the employee's left thumb was caught and amputated by moving parts of the machine. The employee was treated without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Clearing, Fingertip, Food processing, Instantaneous amputation, Jammed, Laborer, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Thumb, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1505788.015	24	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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