Accident Report Detail
Accident: 100083.015 - Employee Sustains Amputation Of Fingers In Gear Mechanism
Accident: 100083.015 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 07/14/2017 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1257360.015 | 08/22/2017 | International Glace, Inc. | |||||
At 6:30 a.m. on July 14, 2017, Employee #1 was attempting to unclog a cyclone unit on the mill machine, while the unit was running. The employee opened the machine to try to determine where it was clogged. The clogged flour prevented the employee from seeing the gear mechanism. As he stuck his hand into the machine, the gear mechanism amputated his middle and ring finger. The employee was not hospitalized. | |||||||
Keywords:
poor visibility, milling machine, lockout, amputated, clogged, finger, gear, caught by, unguarded live parts
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 1257360.015 | 30 | M | Non Hospitalized injury | Cut/Laceration | Production coordinators |