Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 114020.015 - Employee's fingertips are amputated by hopper mechanisms

Accident Summary Nr: 114020.015 -- Report ID: 0111100 -- Event Date: 02/15/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1381789.015	02/28/2019		326199	Corning Incorporated

Abstract: At 12:05 p.m. on February 15, 2019, an employee was performing preventive maintenance on a hooper machine. While lubricating the machine's pulley chain with a rag, the machine cycled, pulling the rag and the employee's right hand into the mechanism. The fingertips of two fingers were amputated just above the finger nails. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputation, Finger, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Cycled, Machine Guarding

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1381789.015	32	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Technicians, n.e.c.

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