Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 99596.015 - Employee sustains finger amputation and laceration in mixer'

Accident Summary Nr: 99596.015 -- Report ID: 0524500 -- Event Date: 09/25/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1268687.015	10/05/2017		561310	Express Employment Professionals

Abstract: At 8:40 a.m. on September 25, 2017, Employee #1 was working at the east mixer in the black building, filling sand molds and noticed that the sand was not flowing out of the spout very quickly. A guard that had been welded over the spout was missing. The employee reached his right hand into the mixers spout while the machine was running, in order to try to clear any sand that might have been obstructing the flow. His hand contacted the mixer's tines and the employee's right middle finger was amputated at the distal phalange joint and the right ring fingertip was lacerated.

Keywords: Amputation, Finger, Lockout, Machine Guarding, Mixer, Mixer Blade, Struck Against

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1268687.015	22	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Hand molding, casting, and forming occupations

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