Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201157468 - Employee injured when finger caught by patty machine

Accident Summary Nr: 201157468 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 05/29/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300862422	06/10/2003	2013	311612	Appa Fine Foods Inc.

Abstract: At 6:13 p.m. on May 29, 2003, Employee #1 was working on the discharge side of a Hollymatic Super Model-54 meat patty machine, Serial Number 62343. The employer is engaged in food processing. The employer had 200 employees and was non-unionized. Just before the accident, Employee #1 was catching the meat patties from the discharge side of the patty machine. While catching the patties, her left index finger got caught between the patty pusher, a reciprocating plate, and the frame of the machine, which caused the amputation of the fingertip. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, MACHINE OPERATOR, FOOD PACKAGING MACH, CAUGHT BETWEEN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300862422			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Packaging and filling machine operators

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