Accident Report Detail

Accident: 118837.015 - Employee'S Hand Is Amputated By Cyclone Dust Collector Impel

**Accident: 118837.015 -- Report ID: 0729300 -- Event Date: 08/07/2019**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1422299.015	08/09/2019		American Botanicals

At 03:45 p.m. on August 07, 2019, an employee was feeding sassafras leaves into a hammer mill. The bottom of the cyclone dust collector connected to the milling machine became clogged. The employee reached into the bottom of the dust collec tor to attempt to clear the clog when her hand became caught in the unguarded ro tating impeller. All fingers, except the thumb, were amputated near the first kn uckle of the right hand. The employee was hospitalized for treatment.

Keywords: amputation, caught between, caught in, clearing, clogged, dust collector, finger, hand, machine operator, milling machine, reach, rotating parts, unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1422299.015	54	F	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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