Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 117991.015 - Employee amputates finger on bagging machine heating tubes

Accident Summary Nr: 117991.015 -- Report ID: 0524530 -- Event Date: 06/25/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1415695.015	07/15/2019		311230	Gilster-Mary Lee Corporation

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on June 25, 2019, an employee had shut down a Triangle XH15PD1A612F2RN Plastic Bagging machine cleaning off glue applicators (heating tubes) and trying to stop the bags from sticking together. The bagging machine had a clear plexiglass door which was interlocked with control reliable devices, but the door had a 20 inch gap above the floor. When the employee restarted the machine the bags would not line up properly. The employee reached under the door with her left hand to pull the bags down to get the bags to properly line up. The employee caught her index finger on the heating tubes amputating it and requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Door, Finger, Food processing, Guard, Hand, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Nip Point, Partial Amputation, Pinched, Point Of Operation, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1415695.015	62	M	Hospitalized injury		Food batchmakers

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