Accident Report Detail
Accident: 113134.015 - Employee'S Fingers Are Amputated By Extruder Screw
Accident: 113134.015 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 01/18/2019 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1374959.015 | 01/29/2019 | Chroma Color Corporation | |||||
At 1:45 p.m. on January 18, 2019, an employee was cleaning the throat and screw on a plastic extrusion machine. Before cleaning, the employee depressed a button to stop the machine, but inadvertently activated the machine instead. As the employee reached into the throat of the extruder with a rag in hand the rotating screw of the extruder pulled the rag and the employee's hand into its moving parts. As a result, the employee's right middle and index fingers were amputated. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||||
Keywords:
fingertip, hand, amputation, machine guarding, lockout/tagout, finger
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 1374959.015 | 38 | M | Hospitalized injury | Amputation | Machine operators, not specified |