Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 143323.015 - Employee crushes hand, amputates fingertip in metal roller

Accident Summary Nr: 143323.015 -- Report ID: 0454712 -- Event Date: 12/15/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1574657.015	01/26/2022		336212	H.E. Parmer Company

Abstract: At 2:00 p.m. on December 15, 2021, an employee was using a rag to clean metal shavings off the metal roller in a Fender Roller #305 machine while it was rotating. The rag got caught in the roller and pulled the employee's left hand into the roller nip point. The employee crushed her hand and amputated her pinky fingertip to the first knuckle, requiring medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Cleaning, Crushed, Energized, Finger, Fingertip, Guard, Hand, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Nip Point, Partial Amputation, Power Roller, Pulled In, Roller--Mach/Part, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1574657.015	36	F	Non Hospitalized injury		Rolling machine operators

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