OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #827113

FDL FOODS, INC.

DUBUQUE, IA· 1988-06-27T00:00:00

Event: DIE, AMPUTATED, FINGER, WORK RULES, LOCKOUT, CAUGHT BETWEEN, NIP POINT, FORMING MACHINE, UNGUARDED
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #104218300
Employer profile: FDL FOODS, INC.
Summary number: 827113
Report ID: 751910

Event description

Employee's finger amputated in nip point

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was operating a Multivac packaging machine. When she finished the sh ift, she lifted the conveyor, which also acted as a guard while the machine was in operation, to cut the film. As she was holding the cut film, the machine inde xed and caught her finger between the dies of the vacuum forming section of the packaging machine. The distal aspect of her left ring finger was amputated.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 32 F

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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