Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 116610.015 - Employee amputates finger in feed line after valve closes

Accident Summary Nr: 116610.015 -- Report ID: 0418600 -- Event Date: 05/21/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1404041.015	05/29/2019		444190	Hb&G Building Products, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on May 21, 2019, an employee was using his right hand pinky finger to clean out a metal one inch diameter pipe that feeds organic peroxide catalyst into a mixing bucket. The feed line's pneumatic valve closed on the employee's finger, amputating the fingertip and requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Chemical, Cleaning, Finger, Fingertip, Guard, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Partial Amputation, Pipeline, Pneumatic, Pneumatic system, Regulator Valve, Unguarded, Valve

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1404041.015	33	M	Hospitalized injury		Supervisors and proprietors, sales occupations

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