Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201482817 - Employee injured when fingers caught by rollers

Accident Summary Nr: 201482817 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 10/24/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125841700	04/20/2000	0179	0	Gold Hills Nut Co., Inc.

Abstract: On November 24, 1998, Employee #1, an almond flour machine operator at this nut-processing company, received an amputation injury. Employee #1's index finger and thumb on his right hand were caught in the in-running nip point created between the crushing rollers, two five-inch diameter by 12-inch long metal rollers with teeth, during cleaning with an air hose. Employee #1 was hospitalized for treatment.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, CAUGHT BY, THUMB, ROLLER--MACH/PART, AIR HOSE, NIP POINT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125841700			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.

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