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Accident Summary Nr: 133381.015 - Employee amputates one finger and lacerates another finger w

Accident Summary Nr: 133381.015 -- Report ID: 0524700 -- Event Date: 02/13/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1515346.015	02/18/2021		325211	Thermocolors Llc

Abstract: At 2:00 a.m. on February 13, 2021, an employee working as an extruding machine operator for a plastics manufacturer was clearing a jam in the cutting chamber of a B62 Pelletizer. The employee was running a job on the T5 extruder line when the strand line broke. The employee hit the E-stop and shut off the machine. The employee opened the cutting chamber and reached into the upper feed chamber with his right hand trying to clear the jam. The machine was still energized causing the employee's right hand to be struck by the rotor cutter. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputated middle finger and lacerated ring finger.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Emergency Stop, Energized, Extrusion, Extrusion Machine, Finger, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Jammed, Laceration, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Cycled, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Pelletizing Plant, Pinch Point, Pinched, Plastic, Plastic Mfg, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1515346.015	20	M	Hospitalized injury		Extruding and forming machine operators

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