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Accident Summary Nr: 112638.015 - Employee amputates finger when caught by pelletizer blade wh

Accident Summary Nr: 112638.015 -- Report ID: 0418600 -- Event Date: 01/10/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1371604.015	01/15/2019		313210	Twitchell Technical Products, Llc

Abstract: At 6:30 p.m. on January 10, 2019, an employee was manually rolling the feed roller to clear a jam that was inside the pelletizer and amputated his right hand's ring finger at the first joint when struck by the cutting blades. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Blade, Caught By, Finger, Jammed, Pelletizing Plant, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1371604.015	26	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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