Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 131486.015 - Employee amputates fingertip on impeller pump

Accident Summary Nr: 131486.015 -- Report ID: 0523300 -- Event Date: 11/25/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1505037.015	12/04/2020		541990	Gdi Services Inc.

Abstract: At 4:45 p.m. on November 25, 2020, Employee #1 was washing and rinsing an impeller pump. Employee #1 was cleaning honey syrup from the housing and interior spaces of a portable impeller pump. Employee #1 reenergized the impeller pump during the cleaning process. While reaching to reposition the pump, Employee #1's left index finger inadvertently entered the pump outlet. The employee's fingertip contacted the spinning pump impeller. Employee #1 sustained a fingertip amputation on the left index finger and was treated without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Cleaning, Contact, Finger, Fingertip, Outlet, Pump, Reaching

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1505037.015	38	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Technicians, n.e.c.

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