Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 128054.015 - Employee amputates fingertip while cutting metal with bandsa

Accident Summary Nr: 128054.015 -- Report ID: 0112000 -- Event Date: 07/21/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1485165.015	07/23/2020		332710	O&G Industries, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:45 a.m. on July 21, 2020, an employee was cutting a piece of aluminum with a Wellsaw. The saw is designed to stop as soon as the cut is complete but the employee placed his hand in the point of operation before the saw cut off. The control panel is away from the point of operation. After the employee placed his hand in the point of operation his glove got caught and pulled the tip of his index finger into the blade. The employee amputated his index fingertip on the unguarded blade and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Abrasion, Amputated, Amputation, Bandsaw, Blade, Caught By, Cutting, Finger, Fingertip, Glove, Guard, Hand, Machine operator, Metal Sheet, Partial Amputation, Point Of Operation, Saw, Sheared, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1485165.015	31	M	Hospitalized injury		Operating engineers

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