Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 116797.015 - Employee amputates fingers while hand feeding platen press

Accident Summary Nr: 116797.015 -- Report ID: 0521400 -- Event Date: 05/31/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1405416.015	06/04/2019		323111	Central Decal Company, Inc.

Abstract: At 6:25 a.m. on May 31, 2019, an employee was standing in front of a My Press Needs LLC Platen Press, Model Crest Clamshell, making quality control checks on cut decal sheets. The employee ran some quick cycles of few sample sheets and was stopping to inspect them and then entering commands on the touchscreen followed by pressing the reset button on the control panel. He was hand feeding decal sheets into the press when his ungloved hand became caught between a moving clamshell platen and a stationary die. The employee amputated four fingers on his left hand (except the thumb), requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Cutting, Die, Die Guard, Finger, Hand, Machine Cycled, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Nip Point, Pinched, Point Of Operation, Power Press, Press, Press Operator, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1405416.015	24	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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