Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 138243.015 - Employee amputates fingertip in poultry processing machine

Accident Summary Nr: 138243.015 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 05/30/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1543406.015	07/22/2021		112340	Pitman Family Farms

Abstract: At 3:30 p.m. on May 30, 2021, an employee working as a painter for a poultry processor was trying to unjam a heart de-fatter machine. The employee was using an improvised hook that had a loop at the end. The machine was running while the employee tried to clean the machine. The employee got his right middle finger stuck in the hook during the process causing him to catch his finger in the machine. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for an amputated fingertip.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Cleaning, Energized, Finger, Fingertip, Food processing, Hand Tool, Instantaneous amputation, Jammed, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Meat Processing, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Stuck, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1543406.015	40	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Painters, construction and maintenance

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