Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 124802.015 - Employee crushes three fingers in machine hydraulic vise cla

Accident Summary Nr: 124802.015 -- Report ID: 0522300 -- Event Date: 03/09/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1469791.015	03/16/2020		331522	Spectrum Machine Inc.

Abstract: At 11:30 a.m. on March 9, 2020, an employee working as a machine operator for a nonferrous foundry was setting up a metal cutting horizontal band saw. While setting up the band saw, the employee caught three fingers on his left hand in the hydraulically powered material vise clamps. The employee amputated all three fingers and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Bandsaw, Caught In, Clamp, Crushed, Finger, Foundry, Hand, Hydraulic, Hydraulic Equipment, Instantaneous amputation, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1469791.015	22	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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