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Accident Summary Nr: 124012.015 - Employee amputates fingertip while wiping printer machine ro

Accident Summary Nr: 124012.015 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 02/06/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1462999.015	02/11/2020		326199	Genpak, Llc.

Abstract: At 9:30 p.m. on February 6, 2020, an employee working for a plastics manufacturer was checking an Irwin 3 printer machine for an ink problem. The employee used a rag to wipe extra ink from a roller when the rag got pulled into the ingoing nip point along with the employee's right hand. The employee amputated his middle fingertip and required medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Cleaning, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Nip Point, Partial Amputation, Plastic Mfg, Printer, Printing, Printing Press, Pulled In, Roller--Mach/Part, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1462999.015	20	M	Non Hospitalized injury

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