Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 121499.015 - Employee amputates fingers when struck by steel rod

Accident Summary Nr: 121499.015 -- Report ID: 0316700 -- Event Date: 10/23/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1443528.015	11/05/2019		331111	Carpenter Technology Corporation

Abstract: At 10:15 a.m. on October 23, 2019, an employee was running material through a straightener machine with his hand on the top of the machine when the steel rod that was feeding into the machine kicked up out of the feeding trough and caught his fingers. The employee suffered degloving and subsequent surgical amputation of his middle, ring, and pinky fingers on his left hand. The employee was not hospitalized.

Keywords: Degloving, Finger, Forming Machine, Kick Back, Machine operator, Steel Tube, Struck By, Surgical Amputation, Trough

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1443528.015	32	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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