Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 121186.015 - Employee amputates two fingers when caught in bending machin

Accident Summary Nr: 121186.015 -- Report ID: 0213400 -- Event Date: 10/25/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1441184.015	10/29/2019		331110	Commercial Metals Company

Abstract: At 8:30 p.m. on October 25, 2019, an employee working for a metals manufacturing facility had been feeding materials into a bending machine. The employee was testing a piece of rebar on the machine when he got his right hand caught between the roller and the piece of rebar. The employee amputated of his ring and pinky fingers and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Bending Machine, Caught Between, Caught In, Finger, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Mill--Plant, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Power Roller, Rebar, Roller--Mach/Part, Testing, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1441184.015	99	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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