Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 95500.015 - Employee injures hand while operating sausage wrapping machi

Accident Summary Nr: 95500.015 -- Report ID: 0521100 -- Event Date: 05/06/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1232143.015	05/12/2017		311612	Abbyland Foods, Inc.

Abstract: At 2:30 p.m. on May 6, 2017, an employee was operating a tray wrapping machine that was used for packaging sausage. As the employee opened an interlocked cover and reached into the point of operation, he sustained a laceration on the hand near his wrist. The employee was hospitalized, where he underwent surgery to repair tendons and nerves that were damaged. The incident investigation reported that the machine was not shut off at the time of the incident.

Keywords: Blade, Caught In, Hand, Laceration, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Tendon

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1232143.015	23	F	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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