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Accident Summary Nr: 139030.015 - Employee amputates finger tip while reenergizing packaging m

Accident Summary Nr: 139030.015 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 07/17/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1552562.015	09/10/2021		424470	K2d, Inc.

Abstract: At 12:00 p.m. on July 17, 2021, Employee #1 and a coworker had just finished replacing bushings on the cutting mechanism of a packaging machine. After both employees removed locks from the airline inlet valve, the coworker reenergized the air line while Employee #1's right hand was near the machine. The employee's right middle finger tip was caught in the cam-like mechanism, resulting in amputation. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Caught By, Caught In, Energized, Finger, Fingertip, Lockout/Tagout, Packaging, Packaging Machine, Packaging Machinery, Tagout

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1552562.015	43	M	Non Hospitalized injury

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