Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 139685.015 - Employee amputates fingertip while changing hammer on hammer

Accident Summary Nr: 139685.015 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 09/23/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1555415.015	09/30/2021		325314	The Scotts Company

Abstract: At 3:00 a.m. on September 23, 2021, an employee working for a fertilizer manufacturer was assisting with changing hammers on a hammer mill machine. The employee was pressing a rod through the discs on the interior of the machine in order to push out a metal rod on the other side. The employee placed his left hand between the discs while pressing the rod through, and he crushed his middle finger between the two rods. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for an amputated fingertip.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Changing, Crushed, Finger, Fingertip, Hammer , Instantaneous amputation, Metal, Metal Pole, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Traumatic Amputation, Unsafe Position

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1555415.015	37	M	Non Hospitalized injury

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