Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 123275.015 - Employee amputates finger when caught in insulator machine

Accident Summary Nr: 123275.015 -- Report ID: 0355112 -- Event Date: 11/27/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1456801.015	01/09/2020		339999	Ngk-Locke Polymer Insulators, Inc.

Abstract: At 8:20 a.m. on November 27, 2019, an employee working as a machinist apprentice for a manufacturer was attempting to straighten and retrieve the end yolk from an insulator rod on an insulator machine. The yolk was suddenly freed from the stuck position and the machine continued its cycle pulling off the end yolk. The employee pinched his ring finger between the end yolk and the wall of the machine. He amputated his finger to the first digit, requiring medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Caught In, Engineering Controls, Finger, Instantaneous amputation, Insulator, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine Cycled, Machine operator, Machinist, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1456801.015	22	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machinist apprentices

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