Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 142519.015 - Employee partially amputates finger on packaging machine

Accident Summary Nr: 142519.015 -- Report ID: 0112000 -- Event Date: 12/16/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1571369.015	01/04/2022		311230	Garden Of Light, Inc.

Abstract: At 5:00 a.m. on December 16, 2021, an employee was operating a packaging line when a package did not properly discharge from the machine and was pulled back around by the drive chain. The employee reached over the guard to pull the package free and his finger was pulled into the chain and sprocket. The employee incurred a partial finger amputation, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Bypass, Bypass Guard, Caught In, Chain, Finger, Guard, Inexperience, Jammed, Lack of Work Procedures, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Nip Point, Partial Amputation, Pinched, Safety Device, Sprocket, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1571369.015	44	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Packaging and filling machine operators

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