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Accident Summary Nr: 14198816 - EMPLOYEE'S MIDDLE FINGER AMPUTATED IN CHAIN AND SPROCKET

Accident Summary Nr: 14198816 -- Report ID: 0352410 -- Event Date: 03/06/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18821462	03/26/1987	2038	0	Campbell Soup Company

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 OPERATES A HEAT SEALING MACHINE CONNECTED TO A CONVEYOR WHICH CARRIES DINNERS IN MOLDS. OCCASIONALLY A MOLD WILL NOT CONTAIN A DINNER, CAUSING THE WRAPPING PAPER TO BE APPLIED DIRECTLY TO THE MOLD. THE WRAPPING PAPER MUST BE REMOVED FROM THE MOLD BY HAND OR THE NEXT DINNER TO BE PLACED IN THE MOLD WILL NOT SEAT PROPERLY. EMPLOYEE #1 REACHED THROUGH AN INSPECTION OPENING, AS HE HAD BEEN TRAINED, TO REMOVE A STUCK WRAPPER. HE EXERTED TOO MUCH DOWNWARD PRESSURE, CAUSING HIS LEFT HAND TO CONTACT AN UNGUARDED MOVING CHAIN AND SPROCKET. A PORTION OF HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER WAS AMPUTATED. THE COMPANY WORK RULE FOR THE REMOVAL OF STUCK WRAPPERS WAS NOT ENFORCED.

Keywords: CHAIN, AMPUTATED, FINGER, WORK RULES, CONVEYOR, SPROCKET, CONVEYOR BELT, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18821462			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Miscelaneous food preparation occupations

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