Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 143192.015 - Employee pinches finger in slicing machine

Accident Summary Nr: 143192.015 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 01/12/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1574480.015	01/20/2022		424470	Vienna Beef Limited

Abstract: At 3:00 p.m. on January 12, 2022, an employee was operating the Urschel slicer. The slicer suffered a jam, caused by stuck cucumbers in the line right at the rotary gears behind the slicer blade. The employee lifted the guard and placed her right hand by the rotating gears, when her right ring finger was pinched. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Blade, Machine Guarding, Meat Slicing Machine, Pinched, Rotating Parts

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1574480.015	30	F	Hospitalized injury		Slicing and cutting machine operators

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