Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 142505.015 - Employee amputates fingertip while setting up mixing machine

Accident Summary Nr: 142505.015 -- Report ID: 0355117 -- Event Date: 01/03/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1571217.015	01/06/2022		311919	Frito-Lay, Inc.

Abstract: At 4:30 p.m. on January 3, 2022, an employee was preparing a mixer machine, so he removed the pressure line hose from the interlock and blower. The employee stood up, lost his balance, and began to fall. While reaching out to catch himself, his left-hand middle finger slipped into a hole in the interlock guard. The employee was hospitalized for treatment of an amputated middle fingertip.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Fall, Fall On Same Level, Fingertip, Interlock, Machine operator

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1571217.015	31	M	Hospitalized injury

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