Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 139569.015 - Employee amputates finger while cutting paper with mitering

Accident Summary Nr: 139569.015 -- Report ID: 0522300 -- Event Date: 09/22/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1554965.015	09/28/2021		322219	Tap Packaging Solutions

Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. on September 22, 2021, an employee working as a laborer for a paperboard manufacturer was cutting large pieces of paper with a parry mitering machine. The machine was not adequately guarded, allowing the employee's hand to enter the point of the operation and be struck by the blade. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization or a laceration to his finger.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Cutting, Finger, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Laborer, Laceration, Machine Guarding, Manufacturing, Paper, Paper Cutter, Paper Machine, Point Of Operation, Safety Device, Shear, Sheared, Struck By, Traumatic Amputation, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1554965.015	64	F	Non Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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