Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 135723.015 - Employee amputates fingertip in valve when reaching into gri

Accident Summary Nr: 135723.015 -- Report ID: 0728900 -- Event Date: 05/14/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1531848.015	05/19/2021		326291	Yasufuku Usa, Inc.

Abstract: At 3:00 a.m. on May 14, 2021, an employee working for a rubber products manufacturer was attempting to remove re-grind rubber material from in and around the opening to the grinder outflow pipe. The employee reached his right hand into the opening and caught his index finger in a pinch point in the rotary valve. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputated fingertip above the first knuckle.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Blind Reaching, Caught Between, Engineering Controls, Finger, Fingertip, Grinder, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Knuckle, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Pipe, Reaching In, Removing, Rotating Parts, Traumatic Amputation, Valve

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1531848.015	36	M	Hospitalized injury

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