Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 143576.015 - Employee amputates fingers in mower blade

Accident Summary Nr: 143576.015 -- Report ID: 0950647 -- Event Date: 01/26/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1577154.015	02/08/2022		115115	Pacifica Personnel, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:45 a.m. on January 26, 2022, an employee was using a machine to cut the tops off seedlings at a client site of a farm labor contractor. The employee was mowing the plants by feeding trays containing the plants into a stationary mower via a conveyor belt when a tray got stuck. The employee lifted the guard to remove a struck tray which had caused the mower blade to stop. When the employee removed the tray, the blade started to rotate and amputated the employees fingers. The employee was hospitalized to treat amputations of his left middle and index fingers.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Blade, Bypass Guard, Clearing, Contact, Cutting, Farm, Finger, Jammed, Migrant Farm Worker

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1577154.015	29	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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