Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 117297.015 - Employee suffers finger amputation in mechanical press

Accident Summary Nr: 117297.015 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 06/11/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1409976.015	06/20/2019		316210	Belleville Shoe South, Inc.

Abstract: At 1:45 p.m. on June 11, 2019, an employee was operating a George Knight Press to bond leather together for the manufacturing of boots. The employee had modified the two hand operating switch to work with one hand. While operating the press, the employee got her finger caught in the pinch point. The employee's left ring finger was crushed and later surgically amputated. The employee was not hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Caught In, Crushed, Finger, Mechanical Power Press

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1409976.015	22	F	Non Hospitalized injury		Assemblers

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