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Accident Summary Nr: 142413.015 - Employee amputates two fingertips when reaching into dust co

Accident Summary Nr: 142413.015 -- Report ID: 0524530 -- Event Date: 12/15/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1570358.015	12/28/2021		311211	Masa Milling, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:56 a.m. on December 15, 2021, an employee noticed the Buhler Dust Collector on the operations floor inside the production warehouse did not appear to be operating fully. The employee was checking for a potential clog near the air lock when he placed his left hand under the bottom of the collector. The airlock pulled his left hand into the collector amputating his middle and index fingertips to the first knuckle. The employee was transported to the hospital by emergency services for outpatient surgery, where he was treated and released.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Clogged, Dust Collector, Engineering Controls, Finger, Fingertip, Food processing, Guard, Hand, High Pressure, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Material Handling, Mill--Plant, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Pulled In, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1570358.015	29	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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