Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 144188.015 - Employee's fingertips are amputated when blender lid falls

Accident Summary Nr: 144188.015 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 02/24/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1580926.015	03/02/2022		325412	Pro-Form Laboratories Llc

Abstract: At 9:30 a.m. on February 24, 2022, an employee was working as a quality assurance inspector for a firm that manufactured pharmaceutical preparations. He was cleaning a Ross model 4NT 5S ribbon blender. His right hand was on the edge of the blender's mixing trough. The blender's stainless-steel lid fell closed onto the worker's right hand, trapping it against the edge of the mixing trough. The employee suffered the amputation of the fingertips of the first and second fingers of his right hand. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Cleaning, Falling Object, Fingertip, Hand, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Struck Against, Training, Trapped, Vessel--Container

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1580926.015	29	M	Hospitalized injury		Quality Assurance Inspector

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