Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201497807 - Employee Amputates Finger When Caught Between Rotating Coil

Accident Summary Nr: 201497807 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 04/22/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
316723139	05/08/2013	2759	323115	Sinclair Systems International, Llc

Abstract: On April 4, 2013, Employee #1, a press operator, was setting up a label making machine when he noticed the tab powder unit was not working. The employee then placed his hand into the tab powder hopper to feel around for any clogs. As he did so, his right hand middle finger got caught between the rotating coil of the powder transfer tube and the edge of the tube. The employee was taken to an area hospital emergency room staff, where he received a reattachment attempt to his partial amputation of his finger to the first distal joint. The emergency room was unsuccessful in the reattachment attempt. Employee #1 hospitalized for three days.

Keywords: ROTATING PARTS, AMPUTATED, POWER PRESS, FINGER, CLOGGED, PRESS

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	316723139			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Pressing machine operators

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