Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 116783.015 - Employee amputates fingertip in pilot punch in die

Accident Summary Nr: 116783.015 -- Report ID: 0213600 -- Event Date: 06/03/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1405376.015	06/04/2019		332321	Whiting Door Manufacturing Corp.

Abstract: At 7:15 a.m. on June 3, 2019, an employee was using a servo feeder setting up a metal coil feed system on a mechanical power press. The employee stuck his left index finger in the die punch (hole) for the pilot to verify correct starting position of the metal coil leading edge. The employee released the tension on the feeder and the stored energy in the metal coil caused the strip to advance and amputated left index fingertip requiring medical treatment. The employee was not hospitalized.

Keywords: Caught Between, Caught In, Die, Energized, Finger, Fingertip, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Power Press, Press Operator, Punch Press, Shear, Sheared, Training, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1405376.015	42	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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