Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 136021.015 - Employee amputates finger by machine part and guard bracket

Accident Summary Nr: 136021.015 -- Report ID: 0626700 -- Event Date: 05/29/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1534484.015	06/04/2021		311999	Wonton Food Corporation

Abstract: At 7:50 a.m. on May 29, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for a food manufacturer was monitoring fortune cookies being molded. The employee reached into a mold with his right ring finger to remove a deformed cookie and the employee caught his finger between a reciprocating part and a metal bracket in the machine guard. The employee partially amputated his finger and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Bracket, Caught Between, Caught By, Engineering Controls, Finger, Food processing, Instantaneous amputation, Laceration, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Metal, Mold, Molding Machine, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Reaching In, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1534484.015	52	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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