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Accident Summary Nr: 94604.015 - Employee's hand is caught in metal gate and two fingers are

Accident Summary Nr: 94604.015 -- Report ID: 0317700 -- Event Date: 03/21/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1223846.015	03/23/2017		322299	Us Greenfiber, Llc

Abstract: At 11:45 a.m. on March 21, 2017, Employee #1 responded to an alarm condition ("SLOW FEED") of the boric acid feeder on Line 1. The cloth cylinder used to prevent dusting had become entrapped above the discharge pneumatic metal slide gate of the silo. Upon movement of the cloth cylinder, the metal slide gate closed on Employee #1's right hand, amputating the bone above the first phalanx on both the index and ring fingers.

Keywords: Amputation, Caught In, Cylinder, Finger, Silo

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1223846.015	31	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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