Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 122296.015 - Employee amputates finger when glove is pulled into machine

Accident Summary Nr: 122296.015 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 11/21/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1449495.015	12/03/2019		331110	Kingsbury Inc

Abstract: At 10:38 a.m. on November 21, 2019, an employee working as a machinist for a steel mill was applying lapping compound to a machine. The employee's glove was pulled into the approximately 1/4-inch dowel hole while the machine lap was rotating. The employee's index finger was pulled into the point of operation. The employee amputated his index finger and required medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Bypass Guard, Caught By, Energized, Finger, Fracture, Glove, Instantaneous amputation, Laceration, Lack of Work Procedures, Machinist, Maintenance, Mill--Plant, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Point Of Operation, Pulled In, Rotating Parts, Safety Device, Supervision, Traumatic Amputation, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1449495.015	58	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machinists

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