Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 121629.015 - Employee amputates finger when glove is pulled into press

Accident Summary Nr: 121629.015 -- Report ID: 0626000 -- Event Date: 11/08/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1444478.015	11/12/2019		331315	Valley Die Castings, Inc.

Abstract: At 9:15 a.m. on November 8, 2019, an employee working as a laborer for a die casting foundry was feeding metal boxes into a drill press. The employee was wearing cotton gloves and was operating the machine with no experience and no training. The employee's right hand was pulled into the press, which was unguarded and which had at least one guard bypassed. The press was energized by a 253 Volt source and operated at a constant 1,050 rotations per minute. The employee amputated his ring finger, requiring surgery and hospitalization.

Keywords: Bypass Guard, Drill Press, Finger, Foundry, Glove, Hand, Inexperience, Insufficient Supervision, Laborer, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Metal, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Pulled In, Training, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1444478.015	31	F	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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