Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200530798 - Employee Amputates Fingers in Machinery

Accident Summary Nr: 200530798 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 04/05/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310080106	06/21/2006	2047	311111	Nestle Purina Petcare Company

Abstract: On April 4, 2006, Employee #1 was running the BDT operation, when she saw a baseball size piece of dough hanging from the rubber roller. As the machine was running, she reached into the machinery to remove the dough. Her fingers were caught in between the two rollers, amputating the middle, ring and pinky fingers of the right hand. She was transported to a medical center. At the hospital, she underwent surgical procedures to repair the tissue and bone damage to her fingers. After undergoing the surgical procedures, she was hospitalized for postoperative treatment.

Keywords: ROTATING PARTS, AMPUTATED, FINGER, MACHINE OPERATOR, CAUGHT BY, ROLLER--MACH/PART, CRUSHED, MACHINE--MISC

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	310080106			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Roasting and baking machine operators, food

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