Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201105863 - Employee Amputates Three Fingers Clearing Machine Jam

Accident Summary Nr: 201105863 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 11/11/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125762864	04/14/2005	0724	115111	Dos Palos Cooperative Gin, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 6:50 p.m. on November 11, 2004, a supervisory employee managing a plant, was clearing a blockage in the Seed Feeder Machine at Dos Palos Cooperative Cotton Gin, Inc. The employee forgot to lockout the Seed Feeder Machine at the fuse box during cleaning operations. With the machine operating, the employee reached in and got his hand caught. Three fingers on his left hand were amputated, and the employee was hospitalized. He was treated at Los Banos Memorial Hospital and relocated to the University of California Medical Center in San Francisco, for further treatment.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, WORK RULES, CLEANING, CAUGHT BY, LOCKOUT, COTTON GIN, HAND, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125762864			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Managers, farms, except horticultural

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