Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 133606.015 - Employee fractures finger when pinched by load, is later amp

Accident Summary Nr: 133606.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 08/21/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1512998.015	02/03/2021		326122	Advanced Drainage Systems Inc

Abstract: At 10:45 p.m. on August 21, 2020, an employee (a machine operator) and a coworker were performing a mold change on the Type 1 Corrugator. The coworker was backing up a powered industrial vehicle (PIV) when the unsecured load fell out of the crate onto the PIV forks. The molds rolled out of the rack on the PIV and struck the employee on his right hand forcing it against the machine. The employee fractured his index finger requiring medical treatment without hospitalization. On August 22, 2020, the finger required surgical removal.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Backing Up, Crate, Driving, Falling Object, Finger, Forklift, Forks, Fracture, Hand, Industrial Truck, Machine operator, Material Handling, Mold, PIV, Pinch Point, Pinched, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Struck By, Surgical Amputation, Unsecured, Unstable Load, Unstable Position

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1512998.015	30	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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