Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201493251 - Chicken Processing Worker's Hand Is Amputated by Machine

Accident Summary Nr: 201493251 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 10/12/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312914120	03/01/2010	2015	311615	Fresno Protein Processors, Inc

Abstract: At 10:20 p.m. on October 12, 2009, Employee #1, a sanitation employee for Fresno Protein Processors, Inc., was assigned to clean the Jolly Bee Room chicken screw conveyor. After the machine was washed, the employee turned it back on to rinse it out. As he was rinsing the machine, he reached into the auger area to pull out a piece of chicken meat. The auger screw was running, and his gloved hand caught on it. He sustained a right-hand-multiple finger injury and was hospitalized. His fourth and fifth fingers were amputated at the PIP (proximal interphalangeal) joints.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, SCREW CONVEYOR, FINGER, PACKING HOUSE, AUGER MECHANISM, CLEANING, CAUGHT BY, LOCKOUT, AUGER, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	312914120			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners

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