OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14455182

AMPUTATED,FINGER,WORK RULES,CLEANING,LOCKOUT,CAUGHT BETWEEN

1986-11-13T00:00:00

Event: AMPUTATED,FINGER,WORK RULES,CLEANING,LOCKOUT,CAUGHT BETWEEN
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14455182
Report ID: 751910

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

#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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