OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14455182
BEATRICE CHEESE INC.
FREDERICKSBURG, IA·
Event description
Employee injures finger in packaging machine
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was cleaning a Benhill packaging machine that was used to make 8 oz blocks of cream cheese. In the process of scraping down the cheese hopper, she l ifted the plastic guard and began removing the packages by hand. Her left index finger became caught and was partially amputated when the ram that raises packag es for filling returned to the 'down' position.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 26 F
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 754
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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