Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 137641.015 - Employee amputates thumb tip when caught in grommet machine

Accident Summary Nr: 137641.015 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 07/20/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1544926.015	07/28/2021		337920	Ikiriska, Inc.

Abstract: At 2:15 p.m. on July 20, 2021, an employee working for a window treatments manufacturer was operating a Lingshen Grommet Machine. The machine cycled unexpectedly catching the employee's right thumb in the point of operation. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for an amputated thumb tip.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Catch Point, Caught In, Finger, Fingertip, Grommet Machine, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Machine Cycled, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Point Of Operation, Thumb, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1544926.015	67	F	Non Hospitalized injury

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