Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 140374.015 - Employee amputates fingertip when replacing sugar retention

Accident Summary Nr: 140374.015 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 07/16/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1559220.015	10/21/2021		311314	Florida Crystals Food Corp.

Abstract: At 7:30 a.m. on July 16, 2021, an employee was replacing a sugar retention tote below the discharge chute of a dust collecting machine. He reached inside the bottom of the chute, and the tip of his right middle finger was caught in the rotary valve. The incident resulted in an amputation injury to the tip of his right middle finger. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Caught By, Caught In, Chute, Finger, Fingertip, Reaching, Tote Box, Valve

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1559220.015	35	M	Hospitalized injury

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