Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170843403 - Employee's finger crushed when filler machine falls

Accident Summary Nr: 170843403 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 02/15/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125595041	02/16/2000	5084	0	Simplex Filler Co.

Abstract: Employee #1 was attempting to free up the jammed hand-crank screw jacks used to raise and lower a Simplex dual-head filler machine, model Air-V2000. He was kneeling beside the machine and reached under it to straighten the skewed jacking block. As Employee #1 corrected the block's position, the machine dropped onto his left hand. His index finger was crushed, and was later surgically amputated at the first joint. Employee #1 did not use an extension tool to straighten the block, but put his hand in the danger zone.

Keywords: MAINTENANCE, AMPUTATED, FINGER, WORK RULES, JAMMED, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, EXTENSION HANDLE, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125595041			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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