Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170156285 - Employee's finger amputated while cleaning screw conveyor

Accident Summary Nr: 170156285 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 05/21/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112158183	05/21/1992	2022	0	Masson Cheese Corporation

Abstract: On May 21, 1992, Employee #1 was routinely cleaning cheese making machinery. When he stuck his finger into a 2 in. diameter drain hole on a vertical screw conveyor to pull out some cheese scrap, his right middle finger was struck by the screw and amputated at the first joint. Employee #1 had not de-energized the machine. The employer had implemented a lockout program, instructing department heads to tell their staff to de-energize machines before cleaning. These instructions, however, were never conveyed to Employee #1, who had continued to clean the screw conveyor while it was running.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, SCREW CONVEYOR, FINGER, WORK RULES, CLEANING, LOCKOUT, STRUCK BY, VERTICAL CONVEYOR, UNTRAINED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112158183			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Supervisors; handlers,equip-cleaners,laborers nec

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