Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 117881.015 - Employee amputates three fingers in die

Accident Summary Nr: 117881.015 -- Report ID: 0521400 -- Event Date: 07/04/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1414760.015	07/11/2019		332111	Forge Group Dekalb Llc

Abstract: At 11:30 a.m. on July 4, 2019, an employee was lubricating a forming die while using a swab to apply a release agent to the die on the back side of the machine. A coworker working out of view on the front side of the machine actuated it while the employee had his hand in the die. The employee had three fingers amputated as a result and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Die, Energized, Finger, Forming, Forming Machine, Hand, Hand Tool, Machine Cycled, Machine operator, Point Of Operation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1414760.015	48	M	Hospitalized injury		Forging machine operators

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