Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 116566.015 - Employee amputates finger, cuts chest when blade falls apart

Accident Summary Nr: 116566.015 -- Report ID: 0112600 -- Event Date: 01/17/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1373570.015	01/24/2019		331523	Western Bronze, Inc.

Abstract: At 8:15 a.m. on January 17, 2019, an employee was using a Tabor Cutoff Machine to grind metal parts when the blade disintegrated. The employee incurred a shattered finger requiring amputation and chest lacerations and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Blade, Caught By, Chest, Cutting, Disintegrated, Finger, Foundry, Fracture, Grinder, Grinding Machine, Guard, Laceration, Machine Guarding, PPE, Protective Clothing, Saw, Struck By, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1373570.015	59	M	Hospitalized injury

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