Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 139631.015 - Employee amputates fingertip when caught in bundler machine

Accident Summary Nr: 139631.015 -- Report ID: 0213600 -- Event Date: 05/28/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1534323.015	06/03/2021		325412	The Mentholatum Company

Abstract: At 5:00 p.m. on May 28, 2021, an employee working for a pharmaceutical preparation manufacturer was setting up packaging film on a Scandia Bundler Machine. The employee reached into an inadequately guarded pinch point on the machine and caught his finger. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for an amputated fingertip.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Bundle, Caught In, Engineering Controls, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Nip Point, Packaging, Packaging Machine, Packaging Machinery, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Reaching In, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1534323.015	27	M	Non Hospitalized injury

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