Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201691789 - Employee's Finger Is Amputated in Cheese Shredder

Accident Summary Nr: 201691789 -- Report ID: 0950662 -- Event Date: 05/25/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301281622	06/07/2005	2099	311941	Kraft Foods

Abstract: On May 25, 2005, an employee was working on Line Number 7 at the Cheese Shredder Station Number B. The line was temporally shut down. The employee was changing the cheese shredder when the line started back up. The employee caught her finger in the gears of the Cheese Shredder Number B, resulting in an amputation at the distal tip of her middle finger. The employee was hospitalized and treated for amputation of her finger.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, MACHINE OPERATOR, CAUGHT BETWEEN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	301281622			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Packaging and filling machine operators

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