Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 119733.015 - Employee amputates thumb when glove is pulled into machine

Accident Summary Nr: 119733.015 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 09/09/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1429951.015	09/11/2019		331221	Niagara Lasalle Corporation

Abstract: At 8:45 a.m. on September 9, 2019, an employee was attempting to manually feed a rolled-steel bar from an automatic feeder into a polisher. As the employee reached into an unguarded area of the feeder to push the bar forward, their glove was caught by a rotating steel bar. The employee's hand was pulled into the machine, resulting in a right thumb amputation. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Automatic Machine, Caught By, Glove, Pulled In, Rotating Parts, Thumb, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1429951.015	29	M	Hospitalized injury

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