Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 142205.015 - Employee Amputates Fingertip On Unguarded Paper Cutter

Accident Summary Nr: 142205.015 -- Report ID: 0213600 -- Event Date: 12/15/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1570062.015	12/22/2021		311520	Wells Enterprises, Inc.

Abstract: At 9:00 p.m. on December 15, 2021, an employee was cleaning machine surfaces when his hand passed an inadequate machine guard. The employee amputated his fingertip on the rotating paper cutter and required medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: amputated, amputation, caught by, engineering controls, finger, hand, lack of engineering controls, machine guarding, machine operator, paper cutter, rotating parts, struck against, unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1570062.015	21	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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