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Accident Summary Nr: 93115.015 - Employee amputates thumb wile removing scrap metal from pres

Accident Summary Nr: 93115.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 01/27/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1208243.015	02/14/2017		322215	Ajm Packaging Corporation

Abstract: At 3:30 a.m. on January 27, 2017, and employee was removing scrap from a paper plate press machine that was in operation. Without locking out or tagging out the equipment, the employee placed his right hand into the machine to remove the scrap metal and the machine cycled, causing the blanking die blade to amputate his right thumb.

Keywords: Amputated, Caught Between, Lockout/Tagout, Press, Thumb

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1208243.015	22	M	Hospitalized injury		Machinery maintenance occupations

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