Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 134043.015 - Employee sustains partial amputation of right middle finger

Accident Summary Nr: 134043.015 -- Report ID: 0215800 -- Event Date: 02/03/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1519954.015	02/08/2021		311615	K&N'S Foods Usa, Llc

Abstract: At 2:00 p.m. on February 3, 2021, Employee #1 was scraping down meat product by hand into a meat extruder hopper. During the process, the employee's right middle fingertip was caught by a rotating auger blade inside the hopper, resulting in a partial amputation of the fingertip. The employee was treated without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Auger, Auger Mechanism, Blade, Caught By, Finger, Fingertip, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Rotating Parts

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1519954.015	49	M	Non Hospitalized injury

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