Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170764245 - Employee's finger amputated in wine filler/corker machine

Accident Summary Nr: 170764245 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 04/08/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125585919	04/14/1998	2084	0	Ernest & Julio Gallo Sonoma

Abstract: Employee #1, an assistant with two years of experience in wine production, was helping to lubricate the sticking parts of a monobloc sparger/filler. He placed his hand inside the rotating machine, amputating the tip of his middle left finger. Employee #1 bypassed the machine's safety interlocks.

Keywords: MAINTENANCE, ROTATING PARTS, AMPUTATED, FINGER, WORK RULES, INTERLOCK, LOCKOUT, CAUGHT BETWEEN, LUBRICATING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125585919			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Production samplers and weighers

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