Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 116254.015 - Employee amputates fingertip in chain drive winding duct

Accident Summary Nr: 116254.015 -- Report ID: 1032500 -- Event Date: 04/25/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1400760.015	05/06/2019		326199	Spunstrand, Inc.

Abstract: At 1:30 p.m. on April 25, 2019, an employee was operating a plastics manufacturing pipe line winding 42 inch fiberglass duct manually. A the employee was positioning a chain when he caught his finger in an unguarded pinch point on the chain drive. The employee amputated his fingertip requiring medical treatment but was not hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Chain, Duct, Finger, Fingertip, Guard, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Partial Amputation, Pinched, Plastic Mfg, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1400760.015	25	F	Non Hospitalized injury

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