Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 140823.015 - Employee amputates thumb tip caught in tape machine roller

Accident Summary Nr: 140823.015 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 08/26/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1561803.015	11/03/2021		325211	Cytec Engineered Materials, Inc.

Abstract: At 12:30 a.m. on August 26, 2021, an employee working for a specialty chemicals manufacturer was operating a 50-inch tape machine flattening material. The employee caught his right thumb in a roller. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputated thumb tip.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Catch Point, Caught Between, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Laceration, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Manufacturing, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Plastic Mfg, Power Roller, Production Line, Roller--Mach/Part, Thumb, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1561803.015	35	M	Hospitalized injury

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