Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 137342.015 - Employee amputates fingertip when unjamming machine

Accident Summary Nr: 137342.015 -- Report ID: 1050210 -- Event Date: 03/31/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1522926.015	04/02/2021		311710	Westward Seafoods, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:20 p.m. on March 31, 2021, an employee was operating a fish processing machine. Without shutting down the machine, the employee reached into the machine to unjam a fish, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The employee was treated without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputation, Fingertip, Food processing, Jammed, Machine operator, Reaching In

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1522926.015	38	M	Non Hospitalized injury

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