Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 133530.015 - Employee amputates finger when caught in jaw of packaging ma

Accident Summary Nr: 133530.015 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 02/09/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1516071.015	02/18/2021		561910	Thermo Pac, Llc

Abstract: At 1:45 p.m. on February 9, 2021, an employee working for a packaging and labeling service was changing the film on a Lane Packer Machine. The employee had not locked out the machine while he fed the new roll into the machine. When the employee reached into the machine, he caught his right index finger in the horizontal jaw. The employee amputated his finger at the distal joint and required medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Changing, Die Jaw, Finger, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Jaw, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine operator, Packaging Machine, Packaging Machinery, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Reaching In, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1516071.015	45	M	Non Hospitalized injury

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