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Accident: 93512.015 - Employee'S Finger Is Amputated When Caught On Bolt

Accident: 93512.015 -- Report ID: 0112600 -- Event Date: 02/25/2017
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
1213708.01502/28/2017Easypak, Llc
At approximately 8:15 a.m. on February 25, 2017, Employee #1 climbed onto a moun ting platform of a Motan Dosing\Mixer Spectrocolor V mixer to check the vacuum h oses for air movement. As he came down the platform, he caught his hand on a pr otruding machine bolt that was part of the machine. The bolt caught his ring fi nger and the weight of his body and downward movement caused his wedding band to cut and stretch his finger to the point of amputation at the first knuckle. Em ployee #1 was hospitalized.
Keywords: amputation, caught by, finger, ring
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 1213708.015 42 M Hospitalized injury Machine operators, not specified

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