Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200521870 - Employee's fingers amputated in rotating machinery

Accident Summary Nr: 200521870 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 11/29/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303743629	12/06/2001	2011	0	Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was operating a machine and she removed the guard. She reached into the machine while the blades were still rotating and two fingers were amputated, and she was hospitalized.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, GUARD, ROTATING KNIFE, CAUGHT BY, LOCKOUT, STRUCK BY, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	303743629			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.

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