Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 124078.015 - Employee amputates fingertip when caught in hydraulic clamp

Accident Summary Nr: 124078.015 -- Report ID: 0111100 -- Event Date: 02/11/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1463421.015	02/18/2020		333291	Valmet, Inc.

Abstract: At 5:00 p.m. on February 11, 2020, an employee working as a fabricating machine operator for a paper manufacturer was attempting to cut a piece of plastic stock on a bandsaw. The employee was not paying attention to where he had his left index finger located on the stock. He subsequently closed the hydraulic clamp on his finger. The employee amputated his fingertip and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Bandsaw, Caught Between, Clamp, Cutting, Distracted, Finger, Fingertip, Hold-Down Clamp, Hydraulic Equipment, Instantaneous amputation, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Plastic, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1463421.015	25	M	Hospitalized injury		Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.

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