Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 129096.015 - Employee amputates finger in pinch point

Accident Summary Nr: 129096.015 -- Report ID: 0524200 -- Event Date: 08/19/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1490238.015	08/28/2020		322299	Norkol Converting Corporation

Abstract: At 4:30 a.m. on August 19, 2020, an employee was being trained on how to wrap rolls of paper. The correct size paper for the roll had run out. The employee was instructed to grab the wrap to ensure it stayed on the roll as the roll turned. The roll caught the employee's glove and pulled his left hand forward and between the paper roll and rotating roller, causing the weight of the roller to smash his fingers. The glove was removed, and the tip of left index finger was missing. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputation of the tip of the left index finger.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught By, Crushed, Finger, Fingertip, Glove, Hand, Paper, Paper Roll, Pinch Point, Roll, Roller--Mach/Part, Rotating Parts

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1490238.015	30	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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