Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 143639.015 - Employee Amputates Fingertips On Packing Machine

**Accident: 143639.015 -- Report ID: 0524200 -- Event Date: 02/03/2022**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1577677.015	02/10/2022		Highland Baking Company, Inc.

At 7:40 p.m. on February 3, 2022, an employee was sorting bread on a Lematic pac king line. The employee reached behind the machine guard of the gear box to clea r a piece of bread. The employee's fingers contacted the machine's chain and spr ocket. The employee's ring and middle fingertips were amputated, and she was ho spitalized.

Keywords: amputation, bypass guard, caught in, fingertip, material handling

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature
1	1577677.015	59	F	Hospitalized injury

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