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Accident Summary Nr: 124244.015 - Employee amputates fingertip when caught between press and p

Accident Summary Nr: 124244.015 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 02/13/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1464957.015	02/24/2020		333414	Johnson Controls, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:30 a.m. on February 13, 2020, an employee working as a machine operator for a heating equipment manufacture was using a press brake to bend a piece of sheet metal. When the press brake activated, it bent against the front surface of the press brake causing the employee to catch his right-hand ring fingertip between the metal part and the press. The employee amputated his fingertip, requiring medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Bending Machine, Caught Between, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Machine operator, Metal, Metal Sheet, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Press Brake, Sheet Metal, Traumatic Amputation, Unstable Position

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1464957.015	30	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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