Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 122033.015 - Employee amputates thumb when caught in shrink wrap machine

Accident Summary Nr: 122033.015 -- Report ID: 0524500 -- Event Date: 10/17/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1447769.015	11/25/2019		326160	Plastic Container Corporation

Abstract: At 8:00 a.m. on October 17, 2019, an employee working for a plastic container manufacturer was using a shrink wrap machine wrapping cardboard boxes of plastic bottles. The employee caught his right thumb in the shrink wrap and incurred a soft tissue amputation of the thumb, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Finger, Instantaneous amputation, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pallet Wrapping Machine, Palletized Cargo, Pinch Point, Pinched, Plastic Mfg, Thumb, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1447769.015	28	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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