Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 134080.015 - Employee amputates four fingers when caught in molding machi

Accident Summary Nr: 134080.015 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 02/12/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1514885.015	02/16/2021		311511	Safeway, Inc.

Abstract: At 6:00 a.m. on February 12, 2021, an employee working as a molding machine operator for a milk producer was operating a blowmold machine producing plastic milk jugs. The employee was using a hand tool to roll the mold. The employee reached into the machine and caught her jacket on the corner of the unguarded mold frame. The employee extended her hand forward in order to dislodge her jacket from the mold. At this point, she caught four fingers in the closing mold for 6 to 8 seconds. The employee was hospitalized to treat four amputated fingers.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Catch Point, Caught Between, Caught In, Finger, Food processing, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Insufficient Supervision, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Mold, Molding Machine, Pinch Point, Pinched, Plastic, Reaching, Safety Device, Traumatic Amputation, Wrong Equipment

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1514885.015	58	F	Hospitalized injury		Molding and casting machine operators

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