Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 98193.015 - Employee turns on mixer during cleaning and amputates finger

Accident Summary Nr: 98193.015 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 08/09/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1255049.015	08/15/2017		325510	The Sherwin-Williams Company

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on August 9, 2017, an employee was cleaning an industrial mixer. The employee turned the mixer on in order to lower the RPM and with rag in hand attempted to clean the shaft of the mixer. The rag caught in the turning shaft and amputated his middle finger to the second knuckle. The employee was not hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputation, Caught In, Cleaning, Finger, Lockout/Tagout, Mixer

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1255049.015	53	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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