Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 124847.015 - Employee's fingertips are crushed when caught in extrusion

Accident Summary Nr: 124847.015 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 03/11/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1470088.015	03/17/2020		423930	R Planet Earth

Abstract: At 4:00 a.m. on March 11, 2020, an employee was feeding material into the extrusion machine, when he noticed a piece of plastic had become lodged between two rolls of the machine. The employee attempted to remove the debris from the unguarded rolls of machine. The employee's fingertips were drawn into the unguarded rolls of the machine and were crushed. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Caught In, Crushed, Extrusion Machine, Fingertip, Roll, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1470088.015	38	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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