Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14228050 - Employee's lower arm amputated in meat mixer

Accident Summary Nr: 14228050 -- Report ID: 0317020 -- Event Date: 08/08/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
121305569	08/08/1994	2015	0	Townsends, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was cleaning a meat blender/mixer with a high pressure water hose. Somehow his arm caught in a rotating chain and sprocket system that amputated his right arm below the elbow.

Keywords: CHAIN, ROTATING PARTS, AMPUTATED, WORK RULES, CLEANING, MIXER, CAUGHT BY, LOCKOUT, SPROCKET, ARM

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	121305569			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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