Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 122261.015 - Employee partially amputates finger while unjamming machine

Accident Summary Nr: 122261.015 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 11/19/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1449287.015	12/04/2019		335999	Quietflex Manufacturing Company, L.P.

Abstract: On November 19, 2019, an employee working as a laborer for an electrical equipment manufacturer was clearing a jam in an energized machine. The employee caught his left hand in the machine. He partially amputated the first portion of his index finger and sustained three fractures on his middle finger, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Crushed, Finger, Fracture, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Jammed, Laborer, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1449287.015	55	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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