Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 138574.015 - Employee sustains amputation to finger when reaching into pr

Accident Summary Nr: 138574.015 -- Report ID: 0521400 -- Event Date: 08/18/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1549976.015	08/25/2021		311340	Ferrara Candy Company

Abstract: At 11:08 p.m. on August 18, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for a candy company was operating a press. The employee reached into the press to grab a tool catching his finger in the machinerty. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for an amputation to his finger.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Catch Point, Engineering Controls, Finger, Food processing, Instantaneous amputation, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Power Press, Press, Press Operator, Reaching In, Struck By, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1549976.015	18	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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