Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 100648.015 - Employee amputates fingertip on a CNC plasma cutter

Accident Summary Nr: 100648.015 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 11/02/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1276749.015	11/13/2017		336211	Galion-Godwin Truck Body Co.

Abstract: At 2:15 p.m. on November 2, 2017, an employee was operating a CNC plasma cutter and had given instructions for the machine to return to its home position. The employee noticed that he had not removed a metal stop that was placed in the welding table. The employee attempted to remove the stop as the CNCs bridge passed over the stop. The employee amputated the tip of his left hands pinky when it was caught by the pinch point between the bridge and metal stop. Hospitalization was not required.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Finger, Machine Guarding, Nip Point

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1276749.015	32	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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