Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 126800.015 - Employee suffers finger amputation while setting up machiner

Accident Summary Nr: 126800.015 -- Report ID: 0521100 -- Event Date: 05/22/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1477986.015	06/09/2020		331528	Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry Co., Inc.

Abstract: At 6:15 a.m. on May 22, 2020, an employee was attempting to help a department lead-person set up a mold press in the Permanent Mold Department. The mold had just finished being brought up to temperature by fixed torches and needed to have hydraulic rams installed into side mounted brackets. As the employee was attempting to install one of the hydraulic rams, the ram was activated and pinched the tip of the employee's finger between the ram collar and the mold. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the left index finger and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Activated, Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Finger, Hydraulic Ram, Installing, Mold, Molding Machine, Partial Amputation, Pinched, Torch

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1477986.015	22	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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