Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 135559.015 - Employee's hand is caught between rollers, resulting in ampu

Accident Summary Nr: 135559.015 -- Report ID: 0454712 -- Event Date: 05/05/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1530505.015	05/11/2021		322211	Georgia Pacific Corrugated, Llc

Abstract: At 12:30 a.m. on May 5, 2021, Employee #1 was measuring the gap between the adhesive roller and the bottom corrugated roller. During the process, the tip of his cut-resistant glove was pulled between the glue roll and the bottom corrugator roll, causing his left hand to become caught. Employee #1 sustained amputations to the phalanges of the left index, middle, and ring fingers up to the metacarpals, along with degloving injuries to the dorsum of the left hand. Emergency services transported Employee #1 to a medical facility, where he was hospitalized for treatment.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Caught By, Caught In, Degloving, Finger, Fingertip, Glove, Hand, Power Roller, Roller Conveyor, Roller--Mach/Part

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1530505.015	40	M	Hospitalized injury		Printing machine operators

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