Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 142023.015 - Employee amputates fingertip after reaching into machine

Accident Summary Nr: 142023.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 10/11/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1568971.015	12/16/2021		326150	Jsp International Llc

Abstract: At 2:50 a.m. on October 11, 2021, an employee was cleaning out the material hopper of a vertical injection mold machine. The employee was clearing plastic media from the pneumatic gate at the bottom of the hopper. The employee inserted his right thumb into the gate when the gate mechanism actuated. The tip of the employee's finger was sheared off, resulting in an amputation of the right thumb tip past the nail. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Clearing, Fingertip, Hopper, Molding Machine, Reaching

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1568971.015	27	M	Hospitalized injury

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