Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 120817.015 - Employee cuts thumb when caught between product and machine

Accident Summary Nr: 120817.015 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 04/17/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1396302.015	04/26/2019		332813	Bd&G Sandblasting

Abstract: At 3:00 p.m. on April 17, 2019, an employee was standing at the loading face of Pangborn Model# 346N-3 Blast Cleaning System getting ready to operate the machine. The employee reached into the machine after noticing a piece of wood among the bulk metal products. The products shifted and the metal caught his left thumb. The employee lacerated to the tip of his thumb and required medical treatment. The employee was not hospitalized.

Keywords: Caught Between, Finger, Fingertip, Guard, Hand, Laceration, Load Shift, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Material Handling, Metal Shop, Pinched, Sandblasting, Sanding Machine, Thumb, Unguarded, Unstable Load, Unstable Position, Wood Board

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1396302.015	55	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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