Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 845321 - Employee's hand amputated by meat processor blade

Accident Summary Nr: 845321 -- Report ID: 0521100 -- Event Date: 02/12/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106511835	02/12/1992	2013	0	Hillshire Farm Co Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 reached into a meat processor machine to take a product's temperature as it fed into a processing vessel. When he reached into the vessel, a rotating scraper blade contacted his wrist and subsequently amputated his hand above the wrist. The machine was operating in a manual override mode with the guarding covers open. All other safety devices had been bypassed. A shear point was created between the rotating blade and the lid of the vessel as the blade rotated.

Keywords: ROTATING PARTS, AMPUTATED, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, INTERLOCK, POINT OF OPERATION, BLADE, HAND, UNGUARDED, WRIST

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	106511835			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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