OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221482730
317729965 - TAYLORS SAUSAGE INC
CAVE JUNCTION, OR·
Event description
Employee amuputates finger while operating roll stock machin
Investigation abstract
At 2:30 p.m. on February 2, 2022, an employee was operating a roll stock machine. The machine was malfunctioning, causing plastic to bunch up while processing. The employee reached around the guard to deal with the bunched up plastic. The horizontal blade of the roll stock machine came down on the employee's index finger. The employee was hospitalized for treatment of an index finger amputation.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 40 M
- Event type
- 2
- Occupation code
- 873
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