Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 121022.015 - Employee amputates fingertip while operating unguarded AMP p

Accident Summary Nr: 121022.015 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 10/17/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1439859.015	10/25/2019		332618	Mac Its Llc

Abstract: At 6:45 a.m. on October 17, 2019, an employee working for a fabricated wire manufacturer was clearing a jam from an AMP termination press. The machine, which never had the guarding installed, actuated while the employee had his hand in the machine. The employee caught his left index finger between the die and the ram collar. The employee amputated his fingertip to the first joint and required medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Caught In, Clearing, Die, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Jammed, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Metal Wire, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Press, Ram, Safety Device, Traumatic Amputation, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1439859.015	39	F	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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