Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 141968.015 - Employee amputates fingertip in food packaging machine

Accident Summary Nr: 141968.015 -- Report ID: 0523300 -- Event Date: 12/09/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1568908.015	12/15/2021		561910	U.S. Packaging, Llc

Abstract: At 7:59 a.m. on December 9, 2021, an employee was working on the mezzanine of a food packaging machine in a clean room attempting to diagnose and repair a problem with the Model CB6E 164 Spee-dee filler. The employee was cleaning the edge of the machine with a towel wrapped around his right index finger. When the machine rotated it caught the towel and pulled the employee's finger into the machine outlet. The employee partially amputated his fingertip as a result and required medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Catch Point, Caught By, Cleaning, Finger, Fingertip, Food processing, Lack of Work Procedures, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine operator, Partial Amputation, Pulled In, Repair, Rotating Parts, Troubleshooting

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1568908.015	32	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machinery maintenance occupations

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