Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 143459.015 - Employee amputates right hand middle fingertip from smasher

Accident Summary Nr: 143459.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 02/01/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1576639.015	02/07/2022		311421	Leelanau Fruit Co.

Abstract: At 11:15 a.m. on February 1, 2022, an employee was attempting to clear a plugged pipe of cherries. Without shutting down and deenergizing the pump, the employee pulled apart a feed line from a pump and placed the right-hand middle finger inside of the discharge pipe. The employee's right middle fingertip contacted the pump's smasher blades and was amputated. The employee was treated without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Blade, Energized, Fingertip, Food processing, Jammed, Lockout, Pump

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1576639.015	62	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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