Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 140854.015 - Employee amputates thumb in shaft while unjamming energized

Accident Summary Nr: 140854.015 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 09/14/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1562009.015	09/23/2021		332439	Greif Inc.

Abstract: At 4:00 p.m. on September 14, 2021, an employee working for a metal container manufacturer was preparing to unjam the KK2 machine. The employee reached over a guard on the machine while it was running to remove a tool. The employee caught his right hand in the shaft. The employee amputated his thumb requiring medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Catch Point, Caught Between, Caught In, Container, Energized, Engineering Controls, Finger, Hand Tool, Instantaneous amputation, Jammed, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Manufacturing, Metal container, Production Line, Rotating Shaft, Shaft, Thumb, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1562009.015	50	M	Non Hospitalized injury

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