Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 119210.015 - Employee amputates foot after climbing in to unclog baler

Accident Summary Nr: 119210.015 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 08/19/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1425425.015	08/20/2019		333319	Fna Group

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on August 19, 2019, an employee was feeding cardboard into a vertical baler when the cardboard became jammed in the chute. The employee entered the baler while it was energized and attempted to push the cardboard down to the ram. The employee caught his right foot in the cardboard as it fed into the baler. As a result, he amputated his foot above the ankle and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Ankle, Baler, Bypass Guard, Caught In, Energized, Foot, Insufficient Supervision, Jammed, Lack of Work Procedures, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine operator, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Safety Device, Shear, Sheared

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1425425.015	20	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine feeders and offbearers

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