Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 135654.015 - Employee amputates finger when caught in auger during cleani

Accident Summary Nr: 135654.015 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 05/08/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1531302.015	05/17/2021		311919	Shearer'S Foods Inc

Abstract: At 1:30 p.m. on May 8, 2021, an employee working for a snack food manufacture was starting the sanitation prep for line 7 corn mill mixer. The employee opened the bottom of the mixer inspection door to remove product when the auger caught her left hand fingers. The employee had not followed the employer LOTO procedures. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputated middle finger at the joint and a fractured of index finger at the first joint.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Auger, Auger Mechanism, Caught By, Cleaning, Door, Finger, Food processing, Hand, Inexperience, Instantaneous amputation, Knuckle, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Sanitation, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1531302.015	25	F	Hospitalized injury

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