Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 130500.015 - Employee lacerates two fingers in mixer, requires deburring

Accident Summary Nr: 130500.015 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 05/12/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1480159.015	06/09/2020		424470	Three Sons, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on May 12, 2020, an employee working as a food batch maker for a meat wholesaler was operating a AMFEC Model 510 Meat Mixer. The employee was combining meat coming out of the mixer. After combining the meat, the employee reached under the guard to get some meat that was left behind. The door to the exit of the meat mixer closed onto the employee's left fingers. The employee lacerated his pinky and ringer finger and required medical treatment without hospitalization to repair the tendon and deburr the ring fingertip.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Bypass Guard, Caught In, Deburring, Finger, Fingertip, Food processing, Guard, Instantaneous amputation, Laceration, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Meat Processing, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Mixer, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Reach, Reaching, Surgical Amputation, Tendon, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1480159.015	37	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Food batchmakers

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