Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 122814.015 - Employee injures fingertip in pneumatic press

Accident Summary Nr: 122814.015 -- Report ID: 0521100 -- Event Date: 11/16/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1448928.015	12/03/2019		326199	Alwin Manufacturing Company Inc

Abstract: At 7:00 p.m. on November 16, 2019, an employee had placed a plastic part into a press machine, leaving one hand inside the machine near the point of operation, when the machine was activated with a foot pedal. The employee activated the press machine with the foot pedal, which uses 90 psi, and inadvertently moved his hand into the point of operation, where a fingertip was pinched. The employee suffered degloving and a crushed right index fingertip. The employee was treated without hospitalization.

Keywords: Crushed, Degloving, Fingertip, Foot pedal, Hand, Pinch Point, Pinched, Pneumatic press, Point Of Operation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1448928.015	33	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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