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Accident: 115371.015 - Employee Suffers Amputation Of Three Fingertips Of Right Han

Accident: 115371.015 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 03/21/2019
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
1393322.01504/15/2019Farmers' Rice Cooperative
At 10:00 a.m. on March 21, 2019, Employee #1 was working with a coworker on the roof of Mill # 1 checking the cyclones for jams. They discovered a jammed cyclone. The coworker was trying to unjam the cyclone with a stick through an open door on the mezzanine. The site glass was removed while the machine was still running. Employee #1 reached in the airlock to clear debris and had three fingertips amputated in the right hand. The entry states Employee # 1 was not hospitalized, but it is likely he was.
Keywords: amputated, hand, amputation, roof, jammed, guard, fingertip, finger
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 1393322.015 54 M Non Hospitalized injury Amputation Laborers, except construction

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