Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201072840 - Employee Suffers Amputated Finger in Conveyor Roller Chain

Accident Summary Nr: 201072840 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 02/28/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310815824	04/01/2008	2051	311812	Nemo'S Bakery Inc.

Abstract: On February 28, 2008, Employee #1, of Nemo's Bakery Inc.,placed new packaging film on the Doyboy Scotty II packaging machine. The machine was running, but dirty. The conveyor roller chain pulled her gloved hand to the sprocket while she was attempting to remove debris. Employee #1 was able to pull her hand out after the tip of her finger was cut off. Employee #1 stated that as part of handling food, the employees wear latex gloves. On the date of the accident, there were no medium sized gloves available so she was wearing size large gloves. The accident and subsequent injuries occurred due to the failure of the employer to ensure that the packaging machine was stopped and locked out when cleaning, servicing or adjustments were made to the machine.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, GLOVE, CLEANING, ROLLER CONVEYOR, LOCKOUT, CONVEYOR, SPROCKET

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	310815824			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Supervisors, production occupations

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