Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170628762 - Employee's thumb tip amputated by compactor head of baler

Accident Summary Nr: 170628762 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 11/24/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125773895	02/10/1998	2653	0	Corpak, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was running a waste cardboard trash baler that was fed by an overhead duct carrying shredded cardboard. She was bothered by air blowing out of a 3/4 in. vent hole and, instead of moving out of the way, she stuck her right thumb into the hole while the compactor head was in motion. The tip of her thumb was amputated, although there was no bone loss. The trash baler had been in the plant since 1989, and there had been no previous accidents related to it.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, VENTING, WORK RULES, STRUCK AGAINST, THUMB, BALER, BLIND REACHING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125773895			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators

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