Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 127367.015 - Employee's fingertip is amputated on kick press

Accident Summary Nr: 127367.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 06/08/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1479149.015	06/30/2020		316998	C W Marsh Company

Abstract: At 7:45 a.m. on June 9, 2020, an employee was working for a firm that manufactured leather seals to serve as mechanical packing material for hydraulic and pneumatic systems. She was operating a kick press to cut gasket material. As she was holding a part to be cut with her left middle finger, she kicked the operating pedal of the press with her foot. The press die came down, and her fingertip was amputated. She was treated without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Die, Finger, Fingertip, Foot Control, Foot pedal, Foot-Powered Press, Instantaneous amputation, Machine Cycled, Point Of Operation, Press, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1479149.015	54	F	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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