Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 121144.015 - Employees amputates two fingertips while feeding material in

Accident Summary Nr: 121144.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 09/27/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1440588.015	10/29/2019		326150	Plastomer Corporation

Abstract: At 2:00 a.m. on September 27, 2019, an employee was operating a Preco Diecutting Press #29. The material was becoming wrinkled as it was entering the press. The employee was trying to flatten the material with her right hand as it entered the cylindrical cutting knives. The employee caught her hand in the press and amputated her thumb and index fingertips and required hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Blade, Caught In, Die Cutting Press, Finger, Fingertip, Instantaneous amputation, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Power Press, Press, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1440588.015	23	F	Hospitalized injury		Pressing machine operators

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