Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170089155 - Employee's hands are pulled into auger while cleaning

Accident Summary Nr: 170089155 -- Report ID: 1054111 -- Event Date: 01/26/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
123733305	01/26/1993	5149	0	Universal Foods Corporation

Abstract: Employee #1 was scrubbing the ricer machine. She went over to the panel and turned on the machine, then climbed up the ladder to the top of ricer and began washing the auger. Employee #1 noticed that there was a spot that she had missed and reached down with a brush to try and remove it. The auger caught her glove and pulled her right arm in, amputating it above the wrist. Her left arm was also pulled into the auger, and her index and middle fingers of her left hand were amputated.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, GLOVE, WORK RULES, CLEANING, LOCKOUT, POINT OF OPERATION, AUGER, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	123733305			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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