Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201140100 - Employee's fingers injured in soup feeder machine

Accident Summary Nr: 201140100 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 06/26/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120163084	09/23/1996	2099	0	Maruchan Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 worked for a company that prepared and packaged dry noodle soup. The powdery flavoring mix was fed by a soup feeder machine and packaged into separate small packets, using an automated process. On June 26, 1996, Employee #1 was cleaning this machine when his gloved right hand became caught between the moving, propeller-like, mixing blade and the outlet hole at the bottom of this cylindrical equipment. His index finger was amputated and his middle finger sustained severe lacerations. Employee #1 freed his hand and was taken to Irvine Medical Center for treatment. While he was cleaning the machine, the power had either left on or it was turned back on inadvertently.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, GLOVE, ROTATING KNIFE, WORK RULES, CLEANING, LOCKOUT, CAUGHT BETWEEN, LACERATION, MACHINE--MISC

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120163084			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.

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