Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 118201.015 - Employee amputates thumb tip while realigning shearing die

Accident Summary Nr: 118201.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 07/02/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1415190.015	07/09/2019		423820	Sukup Manufacturing Co.

Abstract: At 11:42 a.m. on July 2, 2019, an employee was assisting a new coworker with realigning a die in a perforated metal shearing machine. When the employee realigned the die, the supplied pneumatic air caused the die to retract back pinching the employee's thumb. The employee incurred an amputation to his thumb tip and required hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Die, Die Guard, Energized, Finger, Fingertip, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Partial Amputation, Pinched, Pneumatic equipment, Shear, Sheared, Shearing Machine, Sheet Metal, Thumb, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1415190.015	33	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.

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