Abstract: At approximately 11:14 a.m. on April 22, 2005, Employee #1, a utility helper, was operating a dough brake in the ravioli room. The dough was being fed into the rollers. Some dough was still in chunks as Employee #1 pushed it into the rollers by hand. Employee #1's right hand was caught between the in-running sides of the rollers. The cook in charge was present in the room. He applied the dough brake and reversed direction of the rollers. Employee #1's hand was freed. The skin of the right hand was peeled back from the thumb, ring and middle fingers to the wrist area. There was some nerve damage. Employee #1 was taken to San Francisco General Hospital in San Francisco, California and was hospitalized. The dough brakes were not guarded when the rollers were in motion.