Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200531952 - Employee Amputates Finger While Cleaning Conveyor Line

Accident Summary Nr: 200531952 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 11/17/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311659718	12/04/2007	2011	311611	Farmland Foods, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was cleaning out the Neck bone line when he saw a bone stuck at the side of the belt and edge of the machine. Employee #1 sprayed the area with high pressure water. After the bone did not move, he reached in with his left hand to remove the bone. As Employee #1 did this, the belt jerked, and the paddle and belt edge caught his left index finger and amputated it at the first digit. Employee #1 was treated but not hospitalized.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, BELT, FINGER, CLEANING, FOOD PACKAGING MACH, CONVEYOR

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	311659718			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Washing, cleaning and pickling machine operators

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