Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 102967.015 - Employee pinches thumb between paddle handle and guard bar;

Accident Summary Nr: 102967.015 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 08/21/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1265421.015	09/21/2017		561320	Select Staffing

Abstract: At 9:20 a.m. on August 21, 2017, an employee was working near an Elliott Pitter and a coworker asked the employee for assistance in clearing the pitter from dates that had clogged the rollers. The employee reached over with the coworkers plastic paddle and the rollers grabbed the end of the paddle. The employees right thumb was pinched between the paddle handle and the bar of the guard. The employee amputated the tip of his right thumb. No hospitalization was required.

Keywords: Agriculture, Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Caught By, Clogged, Finger, Roller--Mach/Part

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1265421.015	32	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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