Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202554648 - Food Packager Loses Fingertip in Machinery Accident

Accident Summary Nr: 202554648 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 02/25/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315527630	03/02/2012	7361	561310	Baron Hr

Abstract: At 2:20 p.m. on February 25, 2012, Employee #1, a 39-yr-old food processor, was finishing his assignment on the production line at a labeling machine when he reached into another machine to extract some food residue that was stuck in the mechanism. He came into contact with a sharp edge and suffered an avulsion on his lacerated left middle finger. Later in the day he was taken to the emergency room, where the wound was cleaned; he was provided antibiotics and some pain medication and released the same day.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, DEGLOVED, CAUGHT BY, FOOD PACKAGING MACH, LACERATION, BLADE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	315527630			Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Hand packers and packagers

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