Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 119218.015 - Employee amputates finger while clearing jam in grinder

Accident Summary Nr: 119218.015 -- Report ID: 0522300 -- Event Date: 08/13/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1425507.015	08/19/2019		333319	Pentair Water Filtration Company

Abstract: At approximately 6:00 a.m. on August 13, 2019, an employee was clearing a jam from a grinder. The employee was attempting to remove plastic from the rotor blade of the company's granulating machinery. As he pull the multi-blade rotor up, it shifted/rotated pinching his finger between the rotor blades and the housing of the cutting chamber. The employer did not identify or account for "gravity" as a hazardous energy source. The housing for the cutting chamber rotated and pinched the employee's finger between the rotor blade(s) and housing. The employee was treated without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Blade, Clearing, Finger, Grinder, Grinding Machine, Jammed, Rotor

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1425507.015	51	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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