Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 109135.015 - Employee partially amputates finger when reaching into hoppe

Accident Summary Nr: 109135.015 -- Report ID: 0636900 -- Event Date: 08/27/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1346412.015	09/10/2018		325998	Technical Chemical Company

Abstract: At 11:50 a.m. on August 27, 2018, an employee was feeding putty into the hopper of an extruder machine. The employee had taken a rag to start cleaning the hopper when the blades of the extruder grabbed the rag and he reached into the hopper to retrieve it. The employee amputated a finger when he was struck by the blades and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Blade, Caught By, Cleaning, Finger, Hopper, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1346412.015	21	F	Hospitalized injury

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