Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 142859.015 - Employee Amputates Fingertip Pinned By Metal Roller Shaft

Accident Summary Nr: 142859.015 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 10/09/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1559558.015	10/21/2021		326112	Trm Manufacturing Inc

Abstract: At 7:45 a.m. on October 9, 2021, an employee was removing plastic film stuck on one end of the roller shaft of a roller machine at a plastics packaging facility. The employee and a coworker were working together to disengage the shaft from one side while removing the stuck plastic film. The opposite side of the shaft shifted and dropped onto the employee's finger, pinning his finger between the roller shaft and the shaft housing of the machine. The employee's left index fingertip was amputated, and he was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Clearing, Fingertip, Machine operator, Metal Shaft, Pinned, Roller--Mach/Part

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1559558.015	41	M	Hospitalized injury

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