Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 139758.015 - Employee amputates, degloves fingertip while clearing jammed

Accident Summary Nr: 139758.015 -- Report ID: 0317700 -- Event Date: 09/23/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1555727.015	10/01/2021		337125	Ashley Furniture Industries Llc

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on September 23, 2021, an employee working as a maintenance technician for a furniture manufacturer was working on the Line 5 and 6 UP014 Bag Sealer. The employee did not turn off or lockout the machine. He reached through the exit chute while troubleshooting the bag sealer while it was still operational. When the machine cycled, it caught the employee's left index finger between the heating element and the clamping device. The employee was hospitalized to treat a degloved and partially amputated fingertip.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Chute, Degloving, Energized, Engineering Controls, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Jammed, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Cycled, Machine Guarding, Maintenance, Manufacturing, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Production Line, Sealing Machine, Technician, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1555727.015	47	M	Hospitalized injury		Machinery maintenance occupations

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