Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 138449.015 - Employee amputates finger in automated mechanical seamer

Accident Summary Nr: 138449.015 -- Report ID: 0355118 -- Event Date: 05/09/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1530648.015	05/13/2021		326199	Epl America, Llc

Abstract: At 2:00 p.m. on May 9, 2021, an employee working for a plastics products manufacturer was attempting to restart a product line. Product on the automated mechanical seamer was misaligned. This required the employee and a coworker to disable the machine's light curtain and attempt to move the material into position. The machine reenergized and caught the employee's left hand at the automated cutting blade. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for an amputated index finger.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Automatic Machine, Automatic Restart, Blade, Bypass, Bypass Guard, Catch Point, Caught In, Cut, Energized, Finger, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Lack of Work Procedures, Light Curtain, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Cycled, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Plastic, Plastic Mfg, Production Line, Traumatic Amputation, Unsafe Position

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1530648.015	37	M	Non Hospitalized injury

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