Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 103860.015 - Employee strikes left ring finger with hammer and sustains f

Accident Summary Nr: 103860.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 10/12/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1300691.015	03/13/2018		339112	Orchid Orthopedic Solutions Llc

Abstract: At 1:30 p.m. on October 12, 2017, an employee was loosening and removing a forged billet in a die with a hammer and chisel. The employee placed the chisel in the part to be loosened from the die and inadvertently struck the left ring finger with the metal hammer instead of the chisel. The finger was caught between the hammer and the die. The finger was fractured and required surgery.

Keywords: Caught Between, Die, Finger, Fracture, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1300691.015	27	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Pressing machine operators

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