Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 143785.015 - Employee amputates thumb in hopper

Accident Summary Nr: 143785.015 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 01/08/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1578561.015	01/18/2022		321918	Cfl Flooring Ltd.

Abstract: At 2:00 p.m. on January 8, 2022, an employee, an extrusion manager, noticed that a hopper was clogged. The employee removed a cover plate on the hopper as it was running and placed his hand inside in an attempt manually to clear the jam when his thumb was pinched by the auger mixing blade. The employee suffered a partial amputation of his left thumb and was treated without hospitalization.

Keywords: Auger, Clearing, Clogged, Contact, Hopper, Jammed, Mixer Blade, Partial Amputation, Thumb

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1578561.015	37	M	Non Hospitalized injury

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