Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170585939 - Employee's fingers amputated by grinder blades

Accident Summary Nr: 170585939 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 04/22/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125900779	05/09/1995	3089	0	Plastic Molding Company

Abstract: Employee #1 was using an air hose to clean the screens and the area below the internal blades of a grinding machine used to grind small pieces of plastic scrap into pellets. The pellets are re-used in a plastic extrusion process. The machine's blades rotate, cutting the plastic, which falls to a screen below and into a collector bin. Employee #1 removed the screen and turned the machine on momentarily while directing the air hose at the blade area. The blades caught the hose nozzle and his right index and middle fingers were pulled into the blades and amputated.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, WORK RULES, CLEANING, CAUGHT BY, LOCKOUT, AIR HOSE, BLADE, GRINDING MACHINE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125900779			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Misc. metal & plastic processing machine operators

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