Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 801340 - Employee's fingers amputated when caught in mixer's rotors

Accident Summary Nr: 801340 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 11/14/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
124669052	11/14/1995	3087	0	Teknor Apex Carolina Company

Abstract: Employee #1 was cleaning a Banbury mixer. He put his hand in the machine before it came to a complete stop and his hand contacted the moving rotors. Employee #1's middle and index fingers on his left hand were amputated. The machine was locked out, but Employee #1 did not wait until it had stopped completely before putting his hand in the machine.

Keywords: ROTATING PARTS, AMPUTATED, FINGER, WORK RULES, CLEANING, MIXER, LOCKOUT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	124669052			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Mixing and blending machine operators

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