Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 143679.015 - Employee catches finger in folding machine, is later amputat

Accident Summary Nr: 143679.015 -- Report ID: 0454712 -- Event Date: 12/12/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1577975.015	02/11/2022		622110	Novo Health Services Llc

Abstract: At 6:00 p.m. on December 12, 2021, an employee was greasing a belt drive on a bath blanket folding machine with the machine running. The employee had removed the machine guarding without locking out the machine. The employee caught his right middle finger between the belt and roller. The employee was transported to the hospital, where he was treated in the emergency room. On December 13, 2021, the employee's finger was surgically amputated above the second knuckle. The employee was not hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Belt, Caught In, Finger, Grease, Guard, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Lubricating, Machine Guarding, Maintenance, Partial Amputation, Pinched, Power Roller, Roller--Mach/Part

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1577975.015	28	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machinery maintenance occupations

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