OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14454995
FARMLAND FOODS INC.
DENISON, IA·
Event description
Employee's Thumb Partially Amputated in Packaging Machine
Investigation abstract
A machine operator pulled open a gate that was supposed to activate a micro swit ch, shutting off the tipper tie part of a Rota-Matic machine. She had intended t o straighten the trigger mechanism. The machine malfunctioned, causing a 0.44-in . clip to strike her left thumb, amputating most of the thumb. She was hospitali zed for her injuries.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 44 F
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 754
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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