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Accident Summary Nr: 106193.015 - Employee's finger is fractured when struck by machine ram

Accident Summary Nr: 106193.015 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 12/11/2017
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
1285192.01512/27/2017423710Allfast Fastening Systems, Inc.

Abstract: At 1:40 p.m. on December 11, 2017, Employee #1 was setting up a header machine, introducing a cut off blank inside the machine, with his left hand. The employee had his foot on the brake pedal, but the machine was not de-energized. As the employee lifted his foot off of the brake pedal, the machine ram proceeded forward, striking his left hand ring finger. Employee #1 suffered an open proximal phalanx fracture and extensor tendon laceration to his left hand ring finger and was hospitalized for treatment.

Keywords: Brake, Finger, Foot Control, Fracture, Laceration, Lockout, Ram, Struck By, Tendon

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 1285192.015 51 M Hospitalized injury Machine operators, not specified

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