Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 691303 - Employee's fingers amputated when caught in molding machine

Accident Summary Nr: 691303 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 06/26/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105577597	07/01/1987	5172	0	Ekotek Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker were doing maintenance work on a Producto P-40 blow molding machine that forms plastic quart bottles for oil. The coworker was on the floor operating the machine while Employee #1 was on a platform adjusting the flow and centering the parison drop on the injection head. The machine had to be turned on to make these adjustments; however, in addition, the grids (doors) on the side of the unit had to be left open so that the interlocks would prevent the molds from closing. When the coworker inadvertently closed a grid, the machine cycled, closing the molds on Employee #1's fingers and amputating them.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, MOLDING MACHINE, WORK RULES, LOCKOUT, TAG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105577597			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Extruding and forming machine operators

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