Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200529865 - Employee Amputates Tip of Finger in Packaging Machine

Accident Summary Nr: 200529865 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 08/05/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308260785	08/22/2005	3714	336312	Fleetguard, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was removing scrap plastic from a packaging machine prior to setting up the machine for a product run. He reached through the guard opening, and the tip of his index finger was caught by the closing sealing bars and amputated by the cycling cut knife. His injury did not require hospitalization.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, GUARD, ROTATING KNIFE, MACHINE OPERATOR, CAUGHT BY, LOCKOUT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	308260785			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Machinery maintenance occupations

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