Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201106432 - Employee's Fingers Are Amputated in Corn Flour Hopper

Accident Summary Nr: 201106432 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 02/27/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300818796	04/25/2005	2041	311211	Frito Lay, Inc.

Abstract: On February 27, 2005, a sanitation employee was assisting a coworker in the cleaning of a corn flour hopper. The coworker accidently dropped a scrubber pad, and it fell down into a rotary valve. The employee reached in to retrieve the scrubber pad as the valve rotated. The employee sustained partial amputation to the index and middle fingers. He was not hospitalized.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, CAUGHT BY, CORN, HOPPER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300818796			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Janitors and cleaners

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