Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 106707.015 - Employee amputates thumb at unguarded shear point

Accident Summary Nr: 106707.015 -- Report ID: 0112000 -- Event Date: 06/06/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1320688.015	06/08/2018		326112	Superior Plastics Extrusion Company, Inc.

Abstract: At 5:51 a.m. on June 6, 2018, Employee #1 arrived early for work and was greeted by the second shift extruder operator, who was working on Line 1. A sheet of plastic that was fed through the shear at the payoff end of the Bottenfield Gloucester extruder through a Wysong shear, came out crooked. Employee #1 reached in to move the plastic sheet back into position and the shear activated. The light curtain provided to guard the shear was not working, so when the employee reached near the point of operation, the shear did not stop. Employee #1 suffered an amputation to his right thumb. The employee was not hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Lockout, Point Of Operation, Shear, Thumb, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1320688.015	32	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Helpers, mechanics and repairers

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