Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 827113 - Employee's finger amputated in nip point

Accident Summary Nr: 827113 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 06/27/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104218300	06/27/1988	2011	0	Fdl Foods, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was operating a Multivac packaging machine. When she finished the shift, she lifted the conveyor, which also acted as a guard while the machine was in operation, to cut the film. As she was holding the cut film, the machine indexed and caught her finger between the dies of the vacuum forming section of the packaging machine. The distal aspect of her left ring finger was amputated.

Keywords: DIE, AMPUTATED, FINGER, WORK RULES, LOCKOUT, CAUGHT BETWEEN, NIP POINT, FORMING MACHINE, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104218300			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Packaging and filling machine operators

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