Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 92430.015 - Employee manually removes debris from grinder and amputates

Accident Summary Nr: 92430.015 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 01/13/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1204990.015	01/19/2017		326113	Anchor Packaging Inc

Abstract: At 3:30 a.m. on January 13, 2017, an employee was unjamming plastic in a grinder by wiggling the grinder blades manually. The grinder unjammed and the employee's middle, ring, and pinky finger on left hand were amputated.

Keywords: Amputation, Finger, Grinder, Lockout/Tagout

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1204990.015	44	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Packaging and filling machine operators

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