Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200523363 - Employee Amputates Finger after Reaching into Machine Blower

Accident Summary Nr: 200523363 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 10/15/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303766976	11/08/2001	1742	0	Mascho Insulation Co, Inc.

Abstract: On October 15, 2001, Employee #1 was unclogging an insulation blowing machine. When she reached into the discharge of the machine blower, which was still running, the end of her middle finger on her right hand was amputated. The insulation blower was a gasoline engine driven mixer-blower mounted in the enclosed box of a highway straight truck used to place cellulose insulation in the ceilings and walls of frame buildings.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, MACHINIST, LOCKOUT, CLOGGED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303766976			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Insulation Workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause: Caught in stationary equipment

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