OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #673921
JIMMY DEAN MEAT COMPANY INC.
OSCEOLA, IA·
Event description
Employee's finger amputated in multivac forming head
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was changing film rolls on a multivac machine when the operator star ted the machine. The machine caught Employee #1's right middle finger between th e forming heads, amputating it and exposing bone. The safety switch on the guard that prevents the machine from running if the guard is out of place had been br oken off. The operator had taped the broken piece to the switch so that the mach ine could run.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 754
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 2
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