Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 143114.015 - Employee amputates arm in auger peforming sanitation work

Accident Summary Nr: 143114.015 -- Report ID: 1054111 -- Event Date: 08/29/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1570748.015	08/30/2021	2077	311711	317729204 - Pacific Seafood - Warrenton Llc

Abstract: At 5:00 a.m. on August 29, 2021, an employee working as a sanitation worker for a seafood processing facility was working in the production room. The employee stuck his arm into an auger after being told not to by Coworker #1, another sanitation employee. Coworker #2, the machine operator, was unable to see the employee. Coworker #2 turned the machine on and the employee's arm was caught in the machine. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputated arm below the elbow.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Arm, Auger, Auger Mechanism, Caught In, Cleaning, Communication, Elbow, Food processing, Incorrect Equipment, Instantaneous amputation, Janitor, Machine Guarding, Manufacturing, Production Line, Sanitation, Shear, Sheared, Traumatic Amputation, Wrong Equipment

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1570748.015	22	M	Hospitalized injury		Janitors and cleaners	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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