Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 119623.015 - Employee amputates fingers in rotating shaft

Accident Summary Nr: 119623.015 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 09/03/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1428817.015	09/05/2019		332322	Duravent, Inc

Abstract: At 12:20 p.m. on September 3, 2019, an employee was operating a manual beader machine and was putting caps on cans which were 5 inches in diameter by 6 inches long. The employee had to insert the can on a rotating shaft with her left hand and hold a long handle with her right hand to activate the machine. When the employee activated the machine, her glove was pulled in to the rotating shaft. The rotating shafts, upper and lower, had no guards on the point of operation. The employee was hospitalized to treat amputations on her left pinky, ring and middle fingers.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Automatic Machine, Finger, Glove, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Point Of Operation, Pulled In, Rotating Shaft

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1428817.015	59	F	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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