Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201089190 - Employee Amputates Finger in Produce-Packaging Machine

Accident Summary Nr: 201089190 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 07/06/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306364977	12/21/2006	2092	311712	W M Bolthouse Farms Inc

Abstract: At 12:55 p.m. on July 7, 2006, Employee #1 was working at a W. M. Bolthouse Farms, Inc., food processing plant in Bakersfield, CA. He was performing his regularly assigned duties at the operations area of the carrot bagging part of the facility, when he reached past the guard of a machine to pull a bag through. The tip of the index finger on his right hand was amputated. He was taken to the Sorensen Medical Group for treatment. He was not hospitalized.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, AGRICULTURE, FINGER, GUARD, CAUGHT BY, POINT OF OPERATION, MECH MAT HANDLING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	306364977			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Laborers, except construction

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