Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 98831.015 - Employee is cleaning gum build-up from cylinder and crushed

Accident Summary Nr: 98831.015 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 08/19/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1262158.015	08/28/2017		322232	Tension Envelope Corp

Abstract: At 1:30 p.m. on August 19, 2017, an employee was cleaning a gum build-up off the cylinders of the R2 527 WEB folding machine. The employee removed the guards that cover the cylinders, wrapped a small rag around his hand, and began pressing the start/stop buttons to inch the cylinders. The employee's rag was pulled into the machine along with his right hand pinky. The employee amputated the tip of his pinky and was transported to the Inland Valley Medical Center where he was hospitalized for twelve hours.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught By, Crushed, Cylinder, Finger, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1262158.015	24	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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