Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 132839.015 - Employee reaches into operating baler, sustains partial fing

Accident Summary Nr: 132839.015 -- Report ID: 0418300 -- Event Date: 01/14/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1512409.015	01/22/2021		313230	American Excelsior Company

Abstract: At 1:45 a.m. on January 14, 2021, an employee was using a stick to clean excess straw from the horizontal baler feed area. The employee accidentally dropped the stick into the baler and reached in to retrieve it while the baler was operating. As a result, the employee sustained a partial amputation to the finger. The employee was treated without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Automatic Machine, Baler, Finger, Partial Amputation, Reaching In

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1512409.015	34	M	Non Hospitalized injury

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