Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 103151.015 - Employee clearing jam sustains amputation of fingertip

Accident Summary Nr: 103151.015 -- Report ID: 0728500 -- Event Date: 02/06/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1295445.015	02/13/2018		326199	Cks Packaging, Inc.

Abstract: At 5:00 a.m. on February 6, 2018, an employee was working for a manufacturer of plastics products. He was operating a machine that produced plastic bottles. It used a die cast technique to make plastic bottles. A jam occurred and he reached into the unguarded machine to undo the jam. The tip of the index finger down to the first joint was amputated. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Die Casting Machine, Equipment Operator, Finger, Jammed, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1295445.015	62	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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