Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202587671 - Employee Lacerates Finger Caught in Seamer Machine

Accident Summary Nr: 202587671 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 08/02/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315318949	08/07/2012	2023	311514	Santini Foods, Inc.

Abstract: At 2:20 p.m. on August 2, 2012, Employee #1, a machine operator, put his hand into a lid dispensing mechanism to clean the seamer heads using a Sani Wipe. Employee #1 was an employee of Santini Foods, Incorporated. The seamer machine was identified as an Angelus Model 60L cannery machine. Employee #1 was cleaning the seamer heads because there was milk on them. The incident was being investigated to ensure that the employer was in compliance with applicable lock out, block out regulations and any applicable machine guarding regulations. Employee #1 sustained a fracture and laceration on the fourth finger of his right hand while attempting to clean the machine.

Keywords: FRACTURE, FINGER, CLEANING, MACHINE OPERATOR, FOOD PACKAGING MACH, LOCKOUT, LACERATION, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	315318949			Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Machine operators, not specified

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