Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 136930.015 - Employee amputates fingertip while cleaning energized meat m

Accident Summary Nr: 136930.015 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 06/30/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1540510.015	07/01/2021		424470	Frontiere Natural Meats, Llc

Abstract: At 8:30 a.m. on June 30, 2021, an employee working for a meat supplier was cleaning out a mixer. While the employee was cleaning, a coworker turned on the machine in order to use the mixer. The employee had his left hand near the blade as it started to rotate. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputated index fingertip.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Blade, Cleaning, Communication, Energized, Finger, Fingertip, Food processing, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Meat Blending Mach, Meat Processing, Mixer, Mixer Blade, Partial Amputation, Person, Rotating Knife, Rotating Parts, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1540510.015	25	M	Hospitalized injury

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