Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 121177.015 - Employee amputates fingertip when reaching into machine

Accident Summary Nr: 121177.015 -- Report ID: 0355112 -- Event Date: 10/21/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1441076.015	10/29/2019		115111	Mid Atlantic Cotton Gin, Llc

Abstract: At 4:45 p.m. on October 21, 2019, an employee was reaching into the machine to retrieve a dropped part when his hand was pulled into pulley-pinch point. The employee sustained an amputation to the left fingertip. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputation, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Pulley

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1441076.015	27	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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