Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 102517.015 - Employee catches fingertip between two magnets and amputates

Accident Summary Nr: 102517.015 -- Report ID: 0522300 -- Event Date: 01/15/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1290140.015	01/24/2018		311520	Superior Dairy, Inc.

Abstract: At 2:45 p.m. on January 15, 2018, an employee was conducting research to see how the company could make an equipment piece operate more efficiently. The employee was changing the magnets from the servo and had picked up a replacement magnet. The employee trapped his finger between two magnets when a second magnet pulled the first against it and crushed his fingertip, amputating it from his finger. Hospitalization was not required.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Finger, Magnet

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1290140.015	32	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Computer programmers

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