Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 117300.015 - Employee amputates three fingers operating unguarded press

Accident Summary Nr: 117300.015 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 06/19/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1410003.015	06/21/2019		336390	Texas Pride Trailers, Llc

Abstract: At 3:15 p.m. on June 19, 2019, an employee was operating a Di-Acro Model 55-8 Press Brake fabricating approximately three hundred triangular 12 inch by 9 inch by 9 inch metal fender steps. The employee was hand feeding the steps into the press brake. While holding a 9 inch side of a step with both hands making a bend, the unguarded die came down on his left hand. The press brake is operated with either a foot pedal or a two-hand control device. The foot pedal was being used because of the size of the part. The employee amputated his index, ring and middle finger and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Die, Die Guard, Finger, Foot Control, Foot pedal, Hand, Inexperience, Laceration, Machine Guarding, Machine Shop, Machine operator, Point Of Operation, Power Press, Press Operator, Two-Hand Control, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1410003.015	56	M	Hospitalized injury		Pressing machine operators

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