Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 139725.015 - Employee partially amputates finger when caught in pneumatic

Accident Summary Nr: 139725.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 09/04/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1555631.015	09/30/2021		325130	Sun Chemical Corporation

Abstract: At 8:15 p.m. on September 4, 2021, an employee working as a machine maintenance technician for a chemical manufacturer was unclogging a vacuum blower system. Thee employee had cleared the clog and was holding the blast gate while a coworker was reinstalling the clamp on the charging line hose. The employee caught his left hand between the housing and the pneumatic actuated blast gate as it closed. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for an amputated index finger to the first knuckle and a lacerated middle finger of left hand.

Keywords: Actuated, Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Caught In, Chemical, Clearing, Clogged, Finger, Gate, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Knuckle, Laceration, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Maintenance, Manufacturing, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Pneumatic, Pneumatic equipment, Pneumatic system, Safety Device, Traumatic Amputation, Unguarded, Vacuum Vessel

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1555631.015	63	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machinery maintenance occupations

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