Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 125119.015 - Employee amputates thumb tip in poorly guarded GBN machine

Accident Summary Nr: 125119.015 -- Report ID: 0454716 -- Event Date: 02/13/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1471435.015	03/12/2020		321920	Quint-C Pallet, Company Inc.

Abstract: At 6:30 a.m. on February 13, 2020, an employee working as a machine operator for a pallet manufacturer was operating a GBN Patriot Machine. The employee's hand traveled under the guard into the machine along with the product and into the point of operation. The employee amputated his thumb tip and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Catch Point, Caught Between, Finger, Fingertip, Instantaneous amputation, Laborer, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Pallet, Partial Amputation, Point Of Operation, Thumb, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1471435.015	33	F	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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