Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201024056 - Worker Amputates Finger Removing Valve on Dough Baller

Accident Summary Nr: 201024056 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 03/17/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315828251	03/20/2012	2038	311412	Amy'S Kitchen, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 8:45 p.m. on March 17, 2012, Employee #1, a 46-year-old male with Amy's Kitchen INC., was removing a valve from a dough baller with his finger when the drum moved and amputated the tip of his right ring finger. Employee #1 was seen and released from Kaiser Hospital on March 18, 2012 at approximately 12:30 a.m. after it was determined that the fingertip could not be reattached. The district office is investigating. The employer is a manufacturer of frozen meals.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FOOD PREPARATION, FINGER, VALVE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	315828251			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Extruding and forming machine operators

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