Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170593685 - Employee's arm seriously injured in dough mixer

Accident Summary Nr: 170593685 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 06/27/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119998524	07/08/1994	2099	0	Pasta Pasta Pasta

Abstract: Employee #1, of Pasta, Pasta, Pasta, was cleaning a Dominon #3250 pasta dough mixer with an air hose. The mixer blade grabbed or entangled the air hose and pulled Employee #1's arm into the mixing container. Her left forearm area sustained cuts and puncture wounds that required surgery, and skin grafts, and a 13-day hospitalization. Employee #1 had not received lockout/blockout training; the mixer had not been locked out as required; and this was the first time she had worked with this piece of equipment. This employer is a manufacturer of Italian food including pasta.

Keywords: CLEANING, FOREARM, MIXER, LOCKOUT, INEXPERIENCE, AIR HOSE, STRUCK BY, ENTANGLED, UNTRAINED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119998524			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Kitchen workers, food preparation

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