Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 120358.015 - Employee amputates thumb tip while cleaning running spindle

Accident Summary Nr: 120358.015 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 09/23/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1434975.015	10/01/2019		423930	Greif Inc.

Abstract: At 4:00 p.m. on September 23, 2019, an employee was working in a recycling facility cleaning a spindle on a glue pot. The employee stuck his right hand underneath the spindle while it was rotating amputating his thumb tip. He was treated without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Cleaning, Energized, Finger, Fingertip, Glue, Lack of Work Procedures, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pot, Spindle, Thumb

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1434975.015	26	M	Non Hospitalized injury

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