Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 135889.015 - Employee amputates fingertip while unjamming printing machin

Accident Summary Nr: 135889.015 -- Report ID: 0524700 -- Event Date: 05/18/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1533460.015	05/27/2021		323113	Signature Label Inc.

Abstract: At 11:00 p.m. on May 18, 2021, an employee working as a maintenance technician for a commercial screen printing company was unjamming a "native" canister cap from belt #1 of a New England Unscrambler Machine. The employee pinched his right ring finger between the orienting disc and the timing belt. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for an amputation to his fingertip.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Belt, Caught Between, Disc, Finger, Fingertip, Instantaneous amputation, Jammed, Machine Guarding, Maintenance, Partial Amputation, Printer, Printing, Printing Press, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1533460.015	58	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Not specified mechanics and repairers

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