Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 118362.015 - Employee amputates two fingers while troubleshooting machine

Accident Summary Nr: 118362.015 -- Report ID: 1032500 -- Event Date: 07/16/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1418692.015	07/22/2019		311513	Glanbia Foods, Inc.

Abstract: At 3:15 p.m. on July 16, 2019, an employee was troubleshooting a Stardrive when he reached into the moving fan blades and struck his right hand against the blades. The employee amputated his middle and ring fingers to the third knuckle, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Blade, Blind Reaching, Finger, Food processing, Hand, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Reaching, Rotating Parts, Sheared, Troubleshooting, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1418692.015	30	M	Hospitalized injury		Operations & systems researchers and analysts

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