Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 123216.015 - Employee amputates fingertip when caught in hydraulic clamp

Accident Summary Nr: 123216.015 -- Report ID: 0524700 -- Event Date: 01/09/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1456211.015	01/16/2020		332999	Norwalk Precast Molds, Inc.

Abstract: At 3:45 p.m. on January 9, 2020, an employee was placing product in the clamp of a HydMech S-20P bandsaw. The employee was operating the saw at a 45 degree angle to cut a piece of channel iron that was approximately 20 feet long into shorter pieces (5 to 20 inches in length). The employee was holding the product piece with his left hand while pressing the hydraulic clamp close button with his right hand. The clamp was not guarded and the employee caught his left middle finger in the clamp amputating his fingertip, requiring medical treatment.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Bandsaw, Clamp, Cutting, Engineering Controls, Finger, Fingertip, Hydraulic, Iron, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Partial Amputation, Pinched, Saw, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1456211.015	22	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.

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