Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 134005.015 - Employee amputates finger when pulled into slitter machine r

Accident Summary Nr: 134005.015 -- Report ID: 0524200 -- Event Date: 03/04/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1519739.015	03/16/2021		332813	Aluminum Coil Anodizing Corporation

Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. on March 4, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for an aluminum coating facility was using a rag to wipe down slitter tension rollers on a 60-inch slitter machine. The rag was caught by the rollers pulling the employee's hand into the machine. The employee amputated at least one finger and received medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Aluminum Processing, Amputated, Amputation, Caught By, Cleaning, Finger, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Power Roller, Pulled In, Rag, Roller--Mach/Part, Slitter, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1519739.015	40	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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