Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 114373.015 - Employee drops metal part on finger while loading it onto ma

Accident Summary Nr: 114373.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 02/22/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1384522.015	03/12/2019		336211	Iowa Mold Tooling Co. Inc.

Abstract: At 6:30 a.m. on February 22, 2019, an employee was lifting a 332 pound piece of metal with a magnetic lift into the shot blaster machine. The magnetic lifter disengaged from the part and fell onto the employee's fingers, which were below the part. The employee's right middle and pinky fingers were crushed, and his right ring finger was surgically amputated. The employee was most likely hospitalized even though the record is indicated as non-hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Crushed, Finger, Hand, Lift operator , Magnet, Malfunction, Metal Sheet

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1384522.015	48	M	Non Hospitalized injury

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