Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 120215.015 - Employee amputates fingertip under steel roll

Accident Summary Nr: 120215.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 08/12/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1431168.015	09/25/2019		332710	Michigan Flame Hardening Company

Abstract: At 7:00 a.m. on August 12, 2019, an employee was attempting to load a steel roll onto a lathe to be heat treated while a coworker was operating the PIT with the roll strapped to it. The employee placed his thumb inside internal center of roll to line up lathe center. The employee instructed the coworker to bump the PIT controls to lower the roll to level off on the lathe. The coworker bumped the PIT controls and the metal roll dropped 6-8 inches onto the employee's right thumb fingertip. The employee received an amputation to his right thumb fingertip and was treated without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Dropped, Finger, Fingertip, Lathe, Metal Lathe, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Roll, Steel, Thumb

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1431168.015	60	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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