Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 140409.015 - Employee Amputates Fingertip In Conveyer Belt

Accident Summary Nr: 140409.015 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 10/16/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1559499.015	10/21/2021		325211	Best Diamond Plastics, Llc

Abstract: At 2:00 p.m. on October 16, 2021, an employee was attempting to clear a jam from a Jumbo extrusion line at a plastics and resin manufacturing facility. The employee opened a chute and placed her right hand into the area of the machine where moving conveyor belts were located. When her index fingertip contacted the moving conveyor belt, it was struck and immediately amputated. The employee was transported to the hospital for treatment and released later the same day. The employee's right index fingertip was unable to be reattached.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Clearing, Conveyor Belt, Extrusion, Extrusion Machine, Fingertip, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1559499.015	40	F	Non Hospitalized injury

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