Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 94217.015 - Employee amputates several fingers in machine roller

Accident Summary Nr: 94217.015 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 03/20/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1220279.015	03/27/2017		331210	Ops Sales Company

Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. on March 20, 2017, an employee was working for a firm that manufactured iron and steel pipe and tubing from purchased steel. He was operating a slitter machine. He was inserting cardboard pieces into rollers on the slitter machine to level the product. He was doing this while the machine was operating. His glove was caught in a roller on the slitter machine. He sustained the amputation of the tip of his thumb, the index finger at the first (distal) knuckle, and the middle, ring, and pinky finger at the hand (proximal) knuckle.

Keywords: Amputated, Caught In, Equipment Operator, Finger, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Metal Shop, Nip Point, Roller--Mach/Part, Slitter, Work Rules

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1220279.015	50	M	Hospitalized injury

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