OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1001825
WELLS DAIRY INC.
LEMARS, IA·
Event description
Employee's fingertip amputated in wrapping machine
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was removing wrappers from a Gram 10-wide wrapping machine for ice c ream bars. The guard was not placed in front of the shears and the tip of her ri ght index finger was amputated. There was no interlock system to shut off the wr apping machine if a guard had been removed.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 27 F
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 754
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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