Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 132668.015 - Employee suffers finger amputation from pouching machine sli

Accident Summary Nr: 132668.015 -- Report ID: 0950623 -- Event Date: 08/12/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1490103.015	08/21/2020		311999	Wehah Farms, Inc.

Abstract: At 3:30 p.m. on August 8, 2020, an employee working at a food manufacturing facility was leaning against a plexiglass guard. The employee had his hands over the plexiglass. The employee heard a noise near him, and when he turned his head in the direction of the noise, his hand made contact with the blade of the spice pouching machine. This resulted in the amputation of his distal left finger. The employee was hospitalized. The cause of the amputation was the slicer of the pouching machine.

Keywords: Amputation, Finger, Food processing, Partial Amputation, Slicer

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1490103.015	60	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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