Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201794344 - Employee Suffers Amputation Of Finger

Accident Summary Nr: 201794344 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 03/14/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126083161	04/19/2001	2051	0	Mamabella Company

Abstract: Employee #1 was working in the production area removing buttered bread from a moving conveyor rack and packaging it. Employee #1 reported that she brushed her hand along the moving rack (brushing butter off) and that her finger caught between "the belt (chain drive) and the edge of the machine". Employee #1 suffered the amputation of the right ring finger, which resulted in the loss of bone during surgical repair. While brushing her fingers along the rack, her finger got caught in the sprocket chain drive and resulted in a fingertip amputation. The toast machine lacked a guard. Employee #1 was treated for her injuries but was not hospitalized. .

Keywords: CHAIN, AMPUTATED, FOOD PREPARATION, FINGER, SPROCKET

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126083161			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Miscelaneous food preparation occupations

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