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Accident Summary Nr: 126834.015 - Employee partially amputates thumb while examining hopper an

Accident Summary Nr: 126834.015 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 05/20/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1478145.015	06/09/2020		311615	Fieldale Farms Corporation - Murrayville Plant

Abstract: At 9:15 a.m. on May 20, 2020, an employee was examining the hopper and vacuum system in the mechanical breast debone area. The employee was replacing a bolt in the vacuum pipe. The employee removed the power supply box but did not bleed the air out. The cover moved and smashed the employee's right thumb. The doctor removed some bone fragments and diagnosed the injury as a partial amputation of the right thumb. The employee was treated without hospitalization.

Keywords: Bleeding, Bolt, Crushed, Food processing, Hopper, Machine Cycled, Partial Amputation, Thumb, Vacuum Vessel

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1478145.015	23	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machinery maintenance occupations

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