Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 136221.015 - Employee amputates fingertips when hand is caught in valve

Accident Summary Nr: 136221.015 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 05/30/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1534422.015	06/03/2021		325412	Astra Zeneca Pharmaceuticals, L.P.

Abstract: At 9:15 a.m. on May 30, 2021, an employee working for a pharmaceutical company was repairing a valve. When the employee released the air from the valve it closed on his left hand. The employee amputated his fingertips and was hospitalized

Keywords: Air Pressure, Amputated, Amputation, Catch Point, Caught In, Closed, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Manufacturing, Partial Amputation, Pneumatic, Pneumatic equipment, Pressure Release, Repair, Traumatic Amputation, Valve

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1534422.015	59	M	Hospitalized injury

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