Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 133429.015 - Employee amputates fingertip when caught in food conveyor ch

Accident Summary Nr: 133429.015 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 02/10/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1515588.015	02/18/2021		311812	Flowers Baking Company Of Tucker, Llc

Abstract: At 6:00 a.m. on February 10, 2021, an employee working as a production helper for a commercial bakery was ensuring defective bread went into the discard bin. The employee reached over the side of the elevated conveyor to remove a stuck piece of bread when he caught his hand in the lateral transfer conveyor and slide chute. The employee amputated his right index fingertip and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Bakery, Blind Reaching, Caught In, Chute, Conveyor, Elevated, Finger, Fingertip, Food processing, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Production Line, Reaching In, Slide, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1515588.015	45	F	Hospitalized injury		Production helpers

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