Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201103504 - Employee amputates left hand when caught in mixer

Accident Summary Nr: 201103504 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 12/20/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120147210	03/25/2003	3084	326122	J-M Manufacturing Co. Inc.

Abstract: On December 20, 2002, Employee #1, a mixer blend operator working at a PVC pipe manufacturing company, reached inside a mixer hopper (which was in the "on" position) with his left hand to grab a piece of foreign material laying in the powdered mixture. The mixer's hopper has a screw auger which carries the powered mixture up a chute. As the employee grabbed the foreign material, his gloved hand made contact with the screw auger and was pulled up into the auger itself. The screw auger amputated Employee #1's left hand at the wrist. Employee #1 was hospitalized for his injuries.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, WORK RULES, AUGER MECHANISM, MACHINE OPERATOR, MIXER, CAUGHT BY, HAND, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120147210			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Mixing and blending machine operators

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