Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 99147.015 - Employee's fingers are amputated while performing maintenanc

Accident Summary Nr: 99147.015 -- Report ID: 0111500 -- Event Date: 08/30/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1265007.015	09/19/2017		325991	Electric Cable Compounds, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:10 a.m. on August 30, 2018, an employee was performing a clean out/blow down at the Line 1 rotary airlock. During the clean out/blow down the employee started and stopped the power on the rotary airlock to perform cleaning. The power to the rotary airlock was "on" during clean out/blow down of the rotary airlock. The employee sustained amputations to his fingers.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Finger, Guard, Lockout, Maintenance

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1265007.015	57	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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