Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 98332.015 - Employee's fingers are amputated in shear

Accident Summary Nr: 98332.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 08/04/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1253255.015	08/17/2017		424610	Loose Plastics Inc

Abstract: At approximately 11:30 a.m. on August 4, 2017, an employee was attempting to push back plastic that was bunching up on the infeed side of the shear. He was pushing or attempting to move the plastic from the outfeed side of the shear without shutting machine down or lockout/tagout and the shear cycled. The shear bladed amputated 3 finger tips. The employee was hospitalized and treated for his injuries.

Keywords: Amputation, Finger, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Shear

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1253255.015	20	M	Hospitalized injury

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