Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 119608.015 - Employee amputates fingertip in nip point

Accident Summary Nr: 119608.015 -- Report ID: 0317900 -- Event Date: 08/28/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1428776.015	09/05/2019		331222	Vimco Inc.

Abstract: At 10:30 p.m. on August 28, 2019, an employee was setting up a machine to draw wire through the die when his glove got caught in the nip point of the pulley. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputation of a fingertip on his right hand.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Die, Fingertip, Glove, Machine operator, Metal Wire, Nip Point, Pulley, Threading Machine

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1428776.015	27	M	Hospitalized injury

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