Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 101863.015 - Employee burns and amputates finger while attending a packag

Accident Summary Nr: 101863.015 -- Report ID: 0214200 -- Event Date: 12/01/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1281784.015	12/06/2017		326199	Unette Corporation

Abstract: At 6:00 p.m. on December 1, 2017, an employee was repositioning plastic material on a roller of a A3-Flexible packaging machine as it was coming down to the heat dyes to seal the packaged material. The employee's hand grazed the heated dye metal and the employee's hand was burned. The employee then jerked his hand down toward the cutting blades as they were closing. He amputated the tip of his right index finger.

Keywords: Amputated, Burn, Equipment Operator, Finger, Hand

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1281784.015	35	M	Hospitalized injury		Packaging and filling machine operators

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