Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 119222.015 - Employee amputates fingers when reaching into machine

Accident Summary Nr: 119222.015 -- Report ID: 0112000 -- Event Date: 08/12/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1425389.015	08/23/2019		332710	Integrity Manufacturing

Abstract: At 3:30 p.m. on August 12, 2019, Employee #1 was operating a honing machine. The Sunnen ML-3500 Honing Machine was in production mode. He removed the safeguard and reached behind the die to move the coolant line that had shifted during setup. His hand was crushed by the moving mandrel on the machine. Employee #1 crushed two fingers on his left hand and sustained fracture and avulsion and was treated without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Avulsion, Crushed, Die, Finger, Fracture, Guard, Hand, Lockout/Tagout, Machine operator, Mandrel, Reach, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1425389.015	63	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machinists

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