Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 143869.015 - Employee amputates fingertips in extrusion molding machine

Accident Summary Nr: 143869.015 -- Report ID: 0729700 -- Event Date: 02/17/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1579115.015	02/18/2022		326199	Western Industries Plastic Products, Llc.

Abstract: At 8:03 a.m. on February 17, 2022, an employee was setting up a Davis Standard Sterling Extrusion Molding machine with Twin 15 lb. heads, Serial# 07834. The employee and a coworker were lowering the program rod to fix an oil leak on the cylinder. The turnbuckle came unthreaded due to the lack of the support from the Forklift underneath, and the rod dropped. The anti-rotation block caught the employee's gloves and crushed the pinky and ring fingertips. The employee's pinky and ring fingertips were amputated, and he was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputation, Caught In, Crushed, Fingertip, Machine operator, Molding Machine, Repair

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1579115.015	43	M	Hospitalized injury		Extruding and forming machine operators

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