Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 121049.015 - Employee partially amputates finger when reaching into ungua

Accident Summary Nr: 121049.015 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 04/29/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1403922.015	05/20/2019		322121	Allied West Paper Corporation

Abstract: At 5:05 a.m. on April 29, 2019, an employee was operating an unguarded Dinner 1 cutting machine, model NLBO1M, at a paper mill. The employee reached into the unguarded machine while it was in operation. The employee's finger came into contact with a cutting blade and sustained a partial amputation of the finger. The employee was taken to Arrowhead Regional Hospital for treatment but was not hospitalized. At 12:24 p.m. on April 29, 2019, DOSH was notified of the incident in compliance with 342(a) and arrived on site to investigate on May 20, 2019. The employer was cited a T8 CCR 4002(a) violation for the incident and a lack of guarding on the Dinner 1 NLBO1M machine.

Keywords: Amputation, Blade, Cut, Cutting, Finger, Operating, Operator, Paper Cutter, Partial Amputation, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1403922.015	62	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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