Accident Report Detail
Accident: 140409.015 - Employee Amputates Fingertip In Conveyer Belt
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
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1559499.015 | 10/21/2021 | Best Diamond Plastics, Llc |
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 empl oyee 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 movi ng conveyor belt, it was struck and immediately amputated. The employee was tran sported to the hospital for treatment and released later the same day. The emplo yee's right index fingertip was unable to be reattached.
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature |
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1 | 1559499.015 | 40 | F | Non Hospitalized injury |