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Accident Summary Nr: 141668.015 - Employee'S Fingertip Is Partially Amputated By Chocolate Tem

Accident Summary Nr: 141668.015 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 11/30/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1567119.015	12/06/2021		311812	Wooden Table Baking Company, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 07:03 a.m. on November 30, 2021, an employee was preparing to transfer product from one container to another as part of her routine job tasks. The employee was operating a Savage Bros. Co., Auto Chocolate Temperer; Serial Number 09-4157 colloquially known as a "chocolate tempering machine." When the employee noticed no chocolate product was coming out from the dispenser/discharge valve opening, she opened the top lid and observed that there was no chocolate inside the mixer tank. The employee then closed the lid and for unknown reason inserted her finger through the discharge valve while the machine was still running. The employee's left index finger made contact with the rotating plastic agitator and sustained a partial amputation of the left index fingertip. The employee was admitted, treated and released from emergency section of Highland hospital within 6 hours.

Keywords: agitator, caught between, caught in, cover, energized, finger, fingertip, machine operator, mixer, operating, partial amputation, reach, rotating parts, stuck, tank, valve

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury
1	1567119.015	37	F	Non Hospitalized injury

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