Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 121497.015 - Employee amputates two fingers in paper cutter when machine

Accident Summary Nr: 121497.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 10/21/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1440616.015	11/07/2019		322220	Ajm Packaging Corporation

Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. on October 21, 2019, an employee working for a packaging company was attempting to feed paper through the feed rolls of a paper cutter. The paper cut-off knife cycled and struck the employee's hand. The employee amputated two fingers and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Finger, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Knife, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Cycled, Machine operator, Paper Cutter, Rotating Knife, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1440616.015	30	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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