Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 136320.015 - Employee partially amputates finger while adjusting form mac

Accident Summary Nr: 136320.015 -- Report ID: 0636900 -- Event Date: 05/18/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1532865.015	05/24/2021		311919	Msi Express, Inc.

Abstract: At 6:00 a.m. on May 18, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for a snack food manufacturer was operating a horizontal form, fill and seal machine. The employee did not deenergized the machine before climbing the ladder and attempting to adjust the brush mechanism. The employee caught her left hand in the machinery. She was hospitalized to treat a partially amputated middle finger and an injured index finger.

Keywords: Adjust, Amputated, Amputation, Brush, Energized, Finger, Fingertip, Food processing, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Insufficient Supervision, Lack of Work Procedures, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine operator, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Packaging, Packaging Machine, Packaging Machinery, Partial Amputation, Supervision, Training, Traumatic Amputation, Wrong Equipment

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1532865.015	33	F	Hospitalized injury		Packaging and filling machine operators

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