Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 123498.015 - Employee injures hand, amputates finger in bending machine

Accident Summary Nr: 123498.015 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 01/20/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1458711.015	01/28/2020		332312	Ambassador Steel Fabrication, Llc Dba Harris Rebar

Abstract: At 3:00 a.m. on January 20, 2020, an employee was operating a double bender machine attempting to reset the rebar on the bender die when he caught his left hand in the point of operation as the machine cycled back to home base. The employee suffered lacerations and fractures to his hand and amputated his pinky finger, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Bending Machine, Catch Point, Caught In, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Engineering Controls, Finger, Fracture, Guard, Hand, Laceration, Lack of Engineering Controls, Laser, Machine Cycled, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pinched, Point Of Operation, Rebar, Safety Sensor, Sensor, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1458711.015	35	M	Hospitalized injury		Installers And Repairers

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