Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 125023.015 - Employee's hand is amputated in fiber filling machine

Accident Summary Nr: 125023.015 -- Report ID: 0454713 -- Event Date: 03/13/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1471080.015	03/25/2020		337121	Kayline, Inc.

Abstract: At 7:30 a.m. on March 13, 2020, an employee was working in the area of the fiber filling machine when the machine operator stated that the machine was clogged. The employee turned the machine off and after approximately one minute he opened the hatch directly adjacent to the picker wheel of the machine and reached into the machine with his left hand. When the employee reached into the machine, the picker wheel was still rotating and it grabbed his hand. The employee was hospitalized to treat a left hand amputation.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Automatic Machine, Caught By, Hand, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine operator, Pulled In, Reaching, Rotating Parts

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1471080.015	37	M	Hospitalized injury		Production coordinators

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