Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202479010 - Employee Amputates Fingers in Paper Machine

Accident Summary Nr: 202479010 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 02/06/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
316346493	03/01/2013	2653	322211	Gabriel Container Co

Abstract: At approximately 11:20 a.m. on February 6, 2014, an employee was working in the Mill Room at the calendar rolls area. The employee was injured while manually feeding paper into the inbound running calendar rolls. He suffered a crushing, degloving, and subsequent amputation to four fingers of the left hand. The employee was hospitalized and treated for finger amputation. The factors that caused the accident were an unguarded inbound nip point of metal rolls and failure to control hazardous energy lockout/tagout when feeding paper into machinery.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, LOCKOUT, ROLLER--MACH/PART, CRUSHED, NIP POINT, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	316346493			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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