Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201053543 - Employee's thumb amputated when caught in machine

Accident Summary Nr: 201053543 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 12/30/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126076488	02/09/2000	2653	0	Box-Usa (Four M Corporation)

Abstract: At approximately 2:10 p.m. on December 30, 1999, An employee reached into a machine to remove a jammed piece of a flat corrugated sheet of an unknown material from a conveyor. The employee's right fourth finger was caught at the nip point of the lead pusher. He suffered an amputated right thumb at the distal phalanx.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, MACHINIST, THUMB, CAUGHT BETWEEN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126076488			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.

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