Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 128278.015 - Employee partially amputates three fingers in edgebander mac

Accident Summary Nr: 128278.015 -- Report ID: 0454713 -- Event Date: 07/16/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1486493.015	08/04/2020		337212	Architectural Surfaces, Llc

Abstract: At 3:00 p.m. on July 16, 2020, an employee raised a HOMAG Edge Banding Machine track to 60 millimeters so he could walk down the side of the machine and check for debris. When the employee noticed some debris he reached inside the machine to remove it and struck his left against the moving trimming blade. The employee partially amputated his index, middle and ring fingers and required hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Blade, Caught Between, Engineering Controls, Finger, Hand, Insufficient Supervision, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine operator, Partial Amputation, Supervision, Training

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1486493.015	46	M	Hospitalized injury		Machinists

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