Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 146185.015 - Employee amputates finger when finger is caught in machine

Accident Summary Nr: 146185.015 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 12/21/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1571245.015	01/06/2022		337910	American Textile Maintenance Company

Abstract: The employer provides dry cleaning and laundry services to the healthcare industry. At 2:12 p.m. on December 21, 2021, an employee was working with a coworker. The employee passed a wrench to the coworker, who was operating a Ridgid 400 power drive machine. While doing so, the mouth of the wrench caught in a moving part of the machine, and the employee's left hand ring finger was amputated. His finger caught in between the wrench and the holding bar of the machine. The employee was treated without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Finger, Fingertip, Partial Amputation, Wrench

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1571245.015	39	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Engineers, n.e.c.

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