Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 138844.015 - Employee amputates three fingers when caught in PET mold mac

Accident Summary Nr: 138844.015 -- Report ID: 0454713 -- Event Date: 08/23/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1551385.015	08/26/2021		323113	Aakron Rule Corp.

Abstract: At 8:30 p.m. on August 23, 2021, an employee working as a molding operator for a commercial screen printer was running wine glass preforms in the PET blow molding machine. A bottle got stuck on the head of the mold resulting in the mold staying open. The employee thought it was the last bottle, so he reached into the machine to clear the bottle from the head. As he was pulling his hand and the bottle away, a preform triggered the sensor for the mold and the mold closed on the employee's right hand. The employee was hospitalized to treat amputated middle and index fingers and thumb tip.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Engineering Controls, Finger, Fingertip, Glass, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Insufficient Supervision, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Machine Cycled, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Mold, Molding Machine, Partial Amputation, Printer, Safety Sensor, Sensor, Thumb, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1551385.015	58	M	Hospitalized injury		Molding and casting machine operators

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