Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201202330 - Employee's amputates hand and forearm when caught in machine

Accident Summary Nr: 201202330 -- Report ID: 1054114 -- Event Date: 10/28/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306966979	10/28/2003	2037	311411	National Frozen Foods Corporation

Abstract: On October 28, 2003, an employee was cleaning and sanitizing the auger and cutting blades of a food-chopping machine that was taken out of service. When the machine was inadvertently activated, his left arm was pulled into the cutting blades and his left hand and forearm were amputated. Emergency service personnel extracted the employee from the machine and he was air lifted to the Oregon Health Science University, where he was hospitalized.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FOOD PREPARATION, SCREW CONVEYOR, CLEANING, LOCKOUT, CAUGHT BETWEEN, ARM, BLADE, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	306966979			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Miscelaneous food preparation occupations

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