Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 134304.015 - Employee amputates fingertip when caught in press pinch poin

Accident Summary Nr: 134304.015 -- Report ID: 0524200 -- Event Date: 03/03/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1521598.015	03/11/2021		325211	Commercial Plastics Company

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on March 3, 2021, an employee working for a plastics manufacturer was cleaning a compression machine. The employee caught his left hand in a machine pinch point. The employee was hospitalized to treat a full avulsion to the first knuckle on his pointer finger, including a partial amputation.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Avulsion, Caught Between, Cleaning, Compression, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Knuckle, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Mechanical Power Press, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Plastic Mfg, Power Press, Press, Traumatic Amputation, Wrong Equipment

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1521598.015	60	M	Hospitalized injury

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