Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 111003.015 - Employee amputates finger tip while unjamming slugger shear

Accident Summary Nr: 111003.015 -- Report ID: 0112000 -- Event Date: 11/12/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1360434.015	11/14/2018		332111	The J.J. Ryan Corporation Rex Forge Division

Abstract: At 10:56 p.m. on November 12, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a forged steel production company, was working with a slugger shear. He reached into the shear point of the slugger shear to unjam the tool. His right index fingertip was caught between moving slugs and was crushed. He went to the hospital, where a doctor amputated Employee #1's fingertip.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Crushed, Finger, Fingertip, Jammed, Lockout, Shearing Machine, Steel

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1360434.015	56	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Sawing machine operators

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