Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 128316.015 - Employee amputates fingertip when caught between part and cl

Accident Summary Nr: 128316.015 -- Report ID: 0418600 -- Event Date: 07/28/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1486684.015	08/03/2020		336399	Pyongsan America, Inc.

Abstract: At 12:11 p.m. on July 28, 2020, an employee working on a production line had finished assembling parts and was working on a leak tester station. The employee was loading a part into the rear position of the leak tester machine. The employee activated a button to close one of the four securing clamps used to hold the part during the leak testing. The employee caught the left middle fingertip between the part and the clamp amputating the fingertip and requiring medical treatment. The employee was not hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Finger, Fingertip, Hold-Down Clamp, Inexperience, Inspecting, Leak, Loading, Machine operator, Partial Amputation, Pinched, Training

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1486684.015	25	F	Non Hospitalized injury		Assemblers

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