Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 94828.015 - Employee sustains amputation of two fingers by unguarded exh

Accident Summary Nr: 94828.015 -- Report ID: 0524200 -- Event Date: 04/18/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1225845.015	04/18/2017		311999	Elemental Market Inc. Dba Vital Proteins, Llc

Abstract: At 10:15 a.m. on April 18, 2017, an employee was on an elevated work platform with two coworkers. The coworkers were discussing how to fill the product into a bag dumping station on a Formpak, Inc. machine so that excess powder did not come out of the exhaust fan. The employee placed a hand near the unguarded exhaust fan. The employee's left ring finger and pinky finger were amputated by the exhaust fan blades on the Formpak, Inc. machine.

Keywords: Amputation, Fan Blade, Finger, Machine Guarding

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1225845.015	25	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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