Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 139849.015 - Employee amputates three fingertips when clearing pasta cutt

Accident Summary Nr: 139849.015 -- Report ID: 0523300 -- Event Date: 09/24/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1556180.015	10/05/2021		311824	Tribe 9 Foods Llc

Abstract: At 7:30 a.m. on September 24, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator was operating a Castiglioni Pasta Cutter in the Bay 1 Gluten Free Line. The employee turned off the machine prior to reaching in to clear a jam. Another employee turned the machine on while the employee had her left hand near the point of operation. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for fingertip amputations to her pinky, ring and middle fingers to the first knuckle.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Blade, Catch Point, Caught In, Communication, Cutter, Finger, Fingertip, Food processing, Instantaneous amputation, Jammed, Knuckle, Lack of Work Procedures, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Manufacturing, Partial Amputation, Point Of Operation, Production Line, Training, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1556180.015	33	F	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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