Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 128329.015 - Employee amputates finger while adjusting ironworker machine

Accident Summary Nr: 128329.015 -- Report ID: 0524530 -- Event Date: 07/17/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1486736.015	07/28/2020		551112	Worksaver, Inc.

Abstract: At 8:13 on July 17, 2020, an employee was working alone adjusting the stop on a 86 Ton Metal Muncher Hydraulic Multi-Station Ironworker Model MM90C preparing for a new run of parts. The machine was not locked out and while adjusting the stops he reached over the machine and accidentally engaged the control lever. The machine cycled and caught the employee's finger between the frame and the arm. The employee amputated his finger in the scissor action of the frame and required medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Adjust, Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Control Lever, Engineering Controls, Finger, Hydraulic, Hydraulic Equipment, Hydraulic Tool, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine operator, Machinist, Metal, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pinched, Working Alone

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1486736.015	26	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machinists

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