Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 123341.015 - Employee lacerates fingers when caught in auger clearing jam

Accident Summary Nr: 123341.015 -- Report ID: 0316700 -- Event Date: 01/10/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1457355.015	01/17/2020		326122	Adept Corporation

Abstract: At 8:30 p.m. on January 10, 2020, an employee was trying to clear a jam in the feeder portion of an extrusion machine. The employee stuck his right hand into an area that contained an operational auger while the machine was energized. The employee contacted the rotating auger and lacerated the fingers, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Auger, Auger Mechanism, Caught In, Engineering Controls, Extrude, Extrusion, Extrusion Machine, Finger, Hand, Jammed, Laceration, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pinched, Point Of Operation, Sheared

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1457355.015	47	M	Hospitalized injury		Extruding and forming machine operators

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