Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 134944.015 - Employee sustains fingertip amputation while rethreading tap

Accident Summary Nr: 134944.015 -- Report ID: 0523300 -- Event Date: 04/14/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1526015.015	04/20/2021		454110	Colony Brands, Inc.

Abstract: At 1:50 p.m. on April 14, 2021, Employee #1 was operating a 3M S-867 "L" Clip Applicator taper machine (Serial Number 4128) on Line #5. The employee turned off the machine and attempted to rethread tape inside it when the cutting blade unexpectedly activated and contacted the employee's right index finger. As a result, the employee sustained a partial fingertip amputation. Lack of training and stored pneumatic energy likely contributed to the incident. Emergency services transported the employee to the hospital for treatment but was not hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Automatic Machine, Finger, Fingertip, Lockout/Tagout, Pneumatic, Pneumatic equipment, Pneumatic system, Tagout, Untrained

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1526015.015	38	M	Non Hospitalized injury

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