Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 117427.015 - Employee amputates fingers after fall into machine nip point

Accident Summary Nr: 117427.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 05/29/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1407338.015	06/26/2019		322130	Graphic Packaging International Llc

Abstract: At 12:30 p.m. on May 29, 2019, an employee was working in a pit under a paper machine where the paper had broke. The employee was trying to keep the paper threaded when he became exhausted and exited the pit. While the employee was standing near the paper stack, the paper in the middle of the stack popped out. The employee reached up and grabbed the paper and lost his balance falling toward the paper rolls and catching his left hand between them. The employee amputated his middle and ring fingers back to the first knuckle and a crushed his pinky finger, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Fall, Finger, Hand, Lost Balance, Machine operator, Mill--Plant, Milling Machine, Muscle exhaustion, Nip Point, Paper, Paper Machine, Partial Amputation, Struck Against

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1407338.015	47	M	Hospitalized injury

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