OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #777888
WILSON PRODUCTS CO
SALT LAKE CITY, UT·
Event description
Employee's finger amputated in cutter
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working next to a conveyor belt that was carrying dough to a cut ting machine. Because the dough had started to pile up by the cutter, Employee # 1 reached in to get the dough while the machine was running. The moving conveyor belt carried Employee #1's hand under the cutter, which cut off his right index finger. Employee #1 was taken to the hospital and kept overnight. The finger wa s successfully attached to his hand.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 35 F
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 769
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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