Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200535284 - Employee Clearing Blower Sustains Amputation and Avulsion

Accident Summary Nr: 200535284 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 07/25/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
316649714	08/15/2012	2011	311611	Tyson Food, Inc.

Abstract: On July 25, 2012, Employee #1 was maintaining machinery for Tyson Food, in Perry, Iowa. He was attempting to clear a jam in a bag scrap removal blower. Employee #1 did not lock out or tag out the blower prior to clearing the jam. The blower caught his fingers and amputated the index finger on Employee #1's left hand. In addition, he sustained the avulsion or degloving of his middle finger and laceration of his ring finger. Employee #1 was transported by a coworker to a hand specialist.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FAN, FINGER, WORK RULES, CLEANING, DEGLOVED, LOCKOUT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	316649714			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Machinery maintenance occupations

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