Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 99468.015 - Employee suffers partial amputation of finger tip

Accident Summary Nr: 99468.015 -- Report ID: 0112600 -- Event Date: 09/28/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1267689.015	10/03/2017		322121	Kanzaki Specialty Papers, Inc.

Abstract: At 4:15 a.m. on September 28, 2017, Employee #1 was adding end caps to a recently slit roll of register paper. The employee dropped the cap and reached down to retrieve it. His finger became caught at the shear point of the conveyor, between the belt segment and the belt end safety cover, and cut his fingertip off. The employee was hospitalized for treatment.

Keywords: Amputation, Caught Between, Conveyor, Conveyor Belt, Finger, Shear

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1267689.015	45	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine feeders and offbearers

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