Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 143205.015 - Employee partially amputates fingertip in conveyor nip point

Accident Summary Nr: 143205.015 -- Report ID: 0523300 -- Event Date: 01/19/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1575103.015	01/28/2022		326199	Continental Plastic Corporation

Abstract: At 4:10 p.m. on January 19, 2022, an employee was training a coworker who was a new machine operator in the Glove Area. The employee was operating the Boot Machine in a plastic product manufacturing facility. The employee noticed that plastic film was sticking to the conveyor belt leading to the Boot Machine Die. The employee applied corn starch powder using a duster to the conveyor belt. The duster became jammed in an ingoing nip point causing the employee to catch his right index finger in the conveyor belt. The employee partially amputated his fingertip and required medical treatment without hospitazation. The conveyor belt did not have adequate machine guarding on the nip point leading to the Boot Machine die.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Catch Point, Caught In, Conveyor, Engineering Controls, Finger, Fingertip, Guard, Jammed, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Nip Point, Partial Amputation, Plastic, Plastic Mfg, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1575103.015	51	F	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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