Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170723043 - Employee's arm amputated in onion sorting machine

Accident Summary Nr: 170723043 -- Report ID: 0950623 -- Event Date: 12/21/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111904959	01/28/1993	0161	0	Bailey-Trotman Farm

Abstract: Employee #1, a farm laborer, was sorting and grading onions for shipment, standing at the presorter portion of the onion sorting machine. He left his position and walked to the onion topping machine. Before walking by the machine, he reached into the machine to dislodge an onion and caught his coat sleeve in the rolls of the topper. His arm was degloved up to his elbow. Employee #1 required hospitalization. He had reached around and under the guard on the top portion, the outfeed, of the topper to dislodge the onion. The topper was still running; he did not turn it off.

Keywords: CLOTHING, AMPUTATED, AGRICULTURE, GUARD, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, LOCKOUT, ROLLER--MACH/PART, CLOGGED, ARM

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111904959			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Farm workers

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