Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 130831.015 - Employee amputates fingertip when pulled into machine roller

Accident Summary Nr: 130831.015 -- Report ID: 0317900 -- Event Date: 10/26/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1500330.015	10/29/2020		561910	Sharp Corporations Dba Sharp Packaging Solutions

Abstract: At 4:00 a.m. on October 26, 2020, an employee working as a machine operator for a packaging and labeling service was wiping down a Aqua Flex Press Machine while it was running. the employee was using a rag cleaning around the rotating rollers. The cleaning rag made contact with and was pulled into the rollers. The employee's finger was pulled into the rollers along with the rag. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for an amputated fingertip.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Contact, Finger, Fingertip, Instantaneous amputation, Lack of Work Procedures, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Pulled In, Rag, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1500330.015	52	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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