Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170895841 - Employee injured when fingers amputated in injection molder

Accident Summary Nr: 170895841 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 04/14/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126081793	04/23/2001	3085	0	Owens Brockway

Abstract: At 8:00 a.m. on April 14, 2001, Employee #1's fingers were caught by an EBM Mark IV extruder plastic molding machine, Number 12. Employee #1 was removing leaking water from around the dies of a plastic injection molding machine in an attempt to discover the source of the leak. Employee #1 was able to gain access to the zone of danger by reaching under the interlocked gate guard. The dies closed on Employee #1's fingers. Employee #1 suffered the amputation of the middle and fourth fingers from his left hand when they were caught by a plastic injection molding machine. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, GUARD, MOLDING MACHINE, CAUGHT BY, INTERLOCK

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126081793			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Extruding and forming machine operators

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