OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #689158
DIE,AMPUTATED,FINGER,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BETWEEN,POINT OF OPERATION,INATTENTION
Event description
Employees fingers amputated by sausage packing machine.
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working on a Multivac R7000 sausage packing machine when she ina dvertently reached under a modified point of operation guard. The machine cycled and the packaging dies closed on her right hand, amputating three of her finger s to the first joint.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 21 F
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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