Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 95631.015 - Employee is training coworker and amputates fingertip

Accident Summary Nr: 95631.015 -- Report ID: 0112600 -- Event Date: 05/12/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1233289.015	05/17/2017		326113	Polyvinyl Films, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:00 p.m. on May 12, 2017, an employee was training a coworker on procedures for cleaning a plastic grinding machine. The employee had taken the guard off the machine, cleaned it, and started it to show the coworker the hazards. The employee caught their finger with the grinder's cutting blades and amputated a fingertip.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Blade, Grinder, Machine Guarding, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1233289.015	37	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine feeders and offbearers

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