Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 141960.015 - Employee'S Finger Is Amputated By Rotating Valve

Accident Summary Nr: 141960.015 -- Report ID: 0214200 -- Event Date: 12/13/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1568871.015	12/14/2021		311612	Al & John, Inc.

Abstract: At 8:00 a.m. on December 13, 2021, an employee was observing the initial cycling of meat being processed from a stuffing machine through a fluid flow metal detector machine. Once the first batch of meat was done processing, the employees prepared the machine for changeover to the next batch. The employee was washing and cleaning the metal detector machine of residual meat when he stuck his hand inside the outtake and the rotating valve caught his finger. The employee suffered an amputation of his fingertip and was treated without

Keywords: amputated, amputation, caught by, cleaning, fingertip, meat processing, meat stuffing mach, rotating parts

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1568871.015	63	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Butchers and meat cutters

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