Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 131486.015 - Employee amputates fingertip on impeller pump
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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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.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 1505037.015 | 38 | M | Non Hospitalized injury | Technicians, n.e.c. |