Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 116374.015 - Employee reaches into press, amputates pinky finger tip

Accident Summary Nr: 116374.015 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 12/03/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1365759.015	12/03/2018		332119	Trend Technologies, Llc.

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on December 3, 2018, an employee was operating a Cincinnati Press Brake performing part forming. The employee placed a part on a die and noticed the part was not positioned correctly. He reached both hands into the press to align the part unaware that his left hand was within the point of operation when he engaged the press ram. He pinched his left pinky finger between the die and ram, amputating his finger tip and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Caught In, Die, Die Guard, Finger, Fingertip, Guard, Hand, Hydraulic Press, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Material Handling, Nip Point, Partial Amputation, Pinched, Point Of Operation, Press, Press Brake, Press Operator, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1365759.015	58	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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