Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 144785.015 - Employee's fingers are amputated when clearing rotating valv

Accident Summary Nr: 144785.015 -- Report ID: 0830400 -- Event Date: 02/23/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1585438.015	03/24/2022		311119	Fermentationexperts Usa, Inc.

Abstract: At 01:15 p.m. on February 23, 2022, an employee was removing a port cover at the point of a rotating valve which produces a suction within a metal tube to move the animal food product throughout the mill handling unit. The employee was trying to identify the source of a squeaking sound within the tube. The employee inserted his hand up into the pipe and then down into the spinning valve as he pulled his hand out. Due to the employee opening the port cover while the machine was in operation and pulling his hand back out of the tube, past the spinning valve, the employee's fingers were caught by the valve. The employee was admitted and treated at the hospital for an amputation to the right index and middle fingers.

Keywords: Amputation, Blade, Caught Between, Caught In, Cover, Energized, Finger, Food processing, Metal, Mill--Plant, Milling Machine, Pulled In, Reach, Reaching, Rotating Parts, Valve

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1585438.015	32	M	Hospitalized injury		Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.

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