Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 130736.015 - Employee partially amputates finger when caught in printing

Accident Summary Nr: 130736.015 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 10/24/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1499869.015	10/28/2020		323111	Fisher Bedford Park Operating Llc

Abstract: At 2:30 a.m. on October 24, 2020, an employee working as a machine operator for a commercial printer was running the line 2 press machine. The employee reached into the Goss C-700i folder while the machine was running in an attempt to prevent a jam on the line. The employee caught his right index finger in the discharge folder. He received medical treatment with hospitalization for a partial amputation to the finger.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Catch Point, Caught In, Finger, Folding Machine, Instantaneous amputation, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Printer, Printing, Printing Press, Reaching, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1499869.015	30	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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