Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 140124.015 - Employee amputates finger in machine

Accident Summary Nr: 140124.015 -- Report ID: 0213900 -- Event Date: 10/10/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1557710.015	10/13/2021		311351	Barry Callebaut Usa, L.L.C.

Abstract: At 9:20 a.m. on October 10, 2021, an employee was working on a production line in the chocolate manufacturing area. The employee crawled over to an open pipe to see if there was vacuum to the system inside the pipe. As the employee was checking to see if there was vacuum or if it was clogged, his hand entered the open pipe. The employee's finger was amputated by the rotary blade at the bottom of the machine, resulting in hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Blade, Finger, Food processing, Jammed, Lockout/Tagout, Machine operator

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1557710.015	50	M	Hospitalized injury		Mixing and blending machine operators

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