Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 126376.015 - Employee amputates fingertip when hand is pulled into ingoin

Accident Summary Nr: 126376.015 -- Report ID: 0215800 -- Event Date: 05/15/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1476135.015	05/21/2020		322121	Knowlton Technologies, Llc

Abstract: At 6:08 a.m. on May 15, 2020, an employee was cutting the plastic wrap between two paper rolls. He was using a knife with his right hand to cut the plastic, while using his left hand to break the plastic wrap from the roll. The knife blade caught on the plastic wrap and pulled his hand down and into the ingoing nip point of the rotating paper roll and drum roller. The employee amputated his right index fingertip but was not hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught By, Cutting, Fingertip, Knife, Nip Point, Paper Roll, Plastic, Pulled In

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1476135.015	46	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Winding and twisting machine operators

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