Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201953312 - Employee loses fingers contacting rotating crosscut knives

Accident Summary Nr: 201953312 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 10/03/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305900557	10/09/2002	2011	311611	Sugar Creek Packing Co.

Abstract: On October 3, 2002, an employee was scraping bacon bits from a makeshift slide that the company had installed below the base of a dicer frame. The dicer was missing the bottom discharge chute, which also served to cover the crosscut knives at the base of the frame. The employee's hand contacted the rotating crosscut knives, resulting in the amputation of one or more fingers. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, ROTATING KNIFE, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	305900557			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Miscelaneous food preparation occupations

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