Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 100492.015 - Employee suffers fingertip amputation during machine set up

Accident Summary Nr: 100492.015 -- Report ID: 0729300 -- Event Date: 10/27/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1275336.015	11/02/2017		331221	St. Louis Cold Drawn Inc.

Abstract: At 5:30 a.m. on October 27, 2017, Employee #1 was replacing a smaller bearing for a bigger bearing during a machine set up. The employee lost control of the bearing. As he tried to catch the falling bearing, his glove became caught in the moving parts of the machine, and amputated his fingertip.

Keywords: Amputation, Bearing, Caught In, Falling Object, Finger, Glove, Lost Control

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1275336.015	44	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified
2	1275336.015	44	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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