Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 119543.015 - Employee amputates fingertip while using milling machine

Accident Summary Nr: 119543.015 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 08/26/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1428135.015	09/04/2019		334220	Jampro Antennas, Inc.

Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. on August 26, 2019, an employee was using a milling machine to machine a metal part. The accident occurred after the employee finished machining a part and was reaching up to turn off the rotating cutting tool, when his left hand made contact with the rotating cutter. One of the factors involved with the accident is the point of operation did not have any guarding. The employee suffered a fingertip amputation to his left index finger and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Finger, Fingertip, Machine Guarding, Milling Machine, Partial Amputation, Point Of Operation, Rotating Parts, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1428135.015	58	M	Hospitalized injury		Machinists

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