Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 121432.015 - Employee amputates fingertips while using shear to cut sheet

Accident Summary Nr: 121432.015 -- Report ID: 0215600 -- Event Date: 11/05/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1442940.015	11/06/2019		332322	Nu-Way Heating & Cooling Inc.

Abstract: At 8:00 a.m. on November 5, 2019, an employee working a a Laborer for a heating and cooling equipment manufacturer was cutting sheet metal with a shear machine. The employee caught his hand in the point of operation. He amputated two fingertips and required medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Cutting, Finger, Fingertip, HVAC, Instantaneous amputation, Laborer, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Point Of Operation, Shearing Machine, Sheet Metal, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1442940.015	27	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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