Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 93902.015 - Employee's hand is caught in the Giblet Machine

Accident Summary Nr: 93902.015 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 02/23/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1217381.015	03/03/2017		311615	Tip Top Poultry, Inc.

Abstract: At 9:15 a.m. on February 23, 2017, an employee was leaning on the Gizzard Machine. The crew lead had stopped the gizzard machine to retrieve a loose bag. As he leaned over he turned on the machine not knowing Melba was leaning on the machine with her hand in a slot where the gizzards are dropped into. Her hand got caught between the turning wheel and the drop hole where the gizzards drop onto the bags. The employee received contusions, a puncture wound, and a possible fractured right hand.

Keywords: Caught In, Hand, Inattention

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1217381.015	45	F	Hospitalized injury		Production helpers

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