Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 100331.015 - Employee is cleaning machine and amputates finger in nip poi

Accident Summary Nr: 100331.015 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 06/22/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1245131.015	07/05/2017		327215	Glasswerks La, Inc.

Abstract: At 8:30 a.m. on June 22, 2017, an employee was cleaning the sprocket and sprocket chain drive on Butyl Extruder (Tenon, Type-EK-2000, serial # 20151012) by using a rag while the extruder was running. As the employee cleaned the sprocket and chain drive, a piece of the rag was caught in the sprocket and chain on the larger gear, pulling his left index finger into the pinch points. The employee amputated his finger and hospitalization was not required.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Chain, Finger, Lockout/Tagout, Nip Point, Sprocket

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1245131.015	24	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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