Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170202246 - Employee's fingers amputated in cotton gin

Accident Summary Nr: 170202246 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 11/30/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112027479	01/17/1992	0724	0	Eagle Field Ginning Co.

Abstract: Employee #1 was assigned to keep a cotton gin cleaned out. He was cleaning out the chute while the machine was operating when three of his fingers were amputated by the machine's blades. He had been instructed at safety meetings and by posted signs in English and Spanish not to service the machine when it was operating. Employee #1 indicated that he had done so without injury in the past.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, AGRICULTURE, FINGER, WORK RULES, CLEANING, LOCKOUT, COTTON GIN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112027479			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Compressing and compacting machine operators

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