Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 105253.015 - Employee catches finger against grinder and amputates thumb

Accident Summary Nr: 105253.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 04/03/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1309675.015	05/02/2018		331524	A C Foundry Dba Melling Engineered Aluminum Castings

Abstract: At 9:30 p.m. on April 3, 2018, an employee was deburring a piece of sheet metal on a vertical pedestal disk sander in the tool room area. The employee caught his thumb against the sanding disk when it was pulled into a gap that was the disk and the sander, amputating the thumb's fingertip. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Grinder, Thumb

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1309675.015	29	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Trade and industrial teachers

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