Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 120440.015 - Employee Amputates Thumb Tip When Caught In Machine Chain

Accident Summary Nr: 120440.015 -- Report ID: 0636900 -- Event Date: 09/16/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1435717.015	10/04/2019		332321	Southern Stretch Forming

Abstract: At 7:00 a.m. on September 16, 2019, an employee was adjusting a stretch bend machine at a metal window and door manufacturing facility. The employee was at the rear of the machine and gave the all clear for the machine operator to start the machine. The employee's thumb was under a chain that was placed on the machine, and the thumb was smashed when the machine began operating. The employee's thumb tip was amputated, and he was hospitalized.

Keywords: Adjust, Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Chain, Crushed, Crushing, Machine operator, Operating, Thumb

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1435717.015	41	M	Hospitalized injury

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