Accident Report Detail

Accident: 110763.015 - Employee Amputates Finger When Caught In Press Die

**Accident: 110763.015 -- Report ID: 0355111 -- Event Date: 08/15/2018**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1339489.015	08/17/2018		Miller Manufacturing

At 3:15 p.m. on August 15, 2018, an employee was operating a 40 Ton Rousselle No 4 Mechanical Power Press punching out metal clips from a reel of approximately 17 gauge steel. The employee reached around with his right hand to remove a jam that developed while punching out some clips and stepped on the foot control pe dal, engaging the press. The employee caught his pinky in the die and amputated his finger. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: amputated, amputation, caught by, caught in, die, finger, foot control, foot pedal, jammed, press

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1339489.015	60	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Pressing machine operators

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