Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 96412.015 - Employee is caught in machine rollers and amputates fingerti

Accident Summary Nr: 96412.015 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 03/25/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1223158.015	04/05/2017		561499	Uni-Caps, Llc

Abstract: At 7:45 p.m. on March 25, 2017, an employee was operating a Soft Gel TS-SG10 Encapsulation Machine that was stationed in the encapsulation room. The employee finished changing out the dye rolls to the encapsulation machine and was adding the shall/gelatin to the rollers to produce a new batch of pills when he noticed the liquid spreading out from the machine. The employee reached into the machine and caught their small finger between a rotating roller and a fixed side of the machine. The employee amputated the tip of their pinky finger from their left hand.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Finger, Machine Guarding, Roller--Mach/Part

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1223158.015	49	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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