Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201086816 - Employee's Fingertip Is Amputated in Mixing Machine

Accident Summary Nr: 201086816 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 07/15/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120215355	11/22/2005	2022	311513	Land 'O' Lakes

Abstract: On July 15, 2005, Employee #1 was monitoring the mixing of ingredients of a cheese batch in the employer's hard cheese plant in Tulare, CA. When the salt dispenser became jammed, Employee #1 attempted to manually free the valve by sticking his right index finger into it. He did not deenergize the machine. As he freed the valve, it cycled and his finger was caught by the machine and the tip of his finger was amputated.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FOOD PREPARATION, FINGER, WORK RULES, MIXER, CAUGHT BY, JAMMED, LOCKOUT, POINT OF OPERATION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120215355			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Mixing and blending machine operators

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