Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170703227 - Employee's right middle fingertip amputated

Accident Summary Nr: 170703227 -- Report ID: 0950626 -- Event Date: 03/06/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111947412	07/01/1992	2024	0	Nestle Dairies

Abstract: Employee #1 was removing the extruder's production tray, which also serves as a guard. She stated that the extruder was not operating when she began to remove the tray, but it suddenly came on. Her hand slipped simultaneously with the starting of the extruder and contacted the blade. Employee #1 sustained an amputated right middle fingertip. She had not de-energized or disengaged the power source to the extruder prior to removing the guard.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, WORK RULES, SLIP, LOCKOUT, DISCONNECTING MEANS, BLADE, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111947412			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Extruding and forming machine operators

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