Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 120004.015 - Employee's fingers are amputated in automatic shear

Accident Summary Nr: 120004.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 09/11/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1431164.015	09/16/2019		326113	Sekisui Polymer Innovations Llc

Abstract: At 2:30 p.m. on September 11, 2019, an employee was grabbing plastic products and stacking them on a pallet for further shipping and processing. The employee was attempting to pull plastic ribbon forward out of the Hobbs Extrusion Line Shear rather then from behind the shear when he was struck by the blade. The employee suffered amputations of three fingertips on his left hand and was treated without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Blade, Fingertip, Machine operator, Plastic Mfg, Shear, Shearing Machine, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1431164.015	33	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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