Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 128478.015 - Employee sustains avulsion to three fingers while using grin

Accident Summary Nr: 128478.015 -- Report ID: 0522300 -- Event Date: 06/26/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1487484.015	08/11/2020		333992	Lincoln Electric Co.

Abstract: At 12:30 a.m. on June 26, 2020, an employee working as an assembler for a welding equipment manufacturer was deburring a Unistrut (square tubing). The wire brush wheel caught the employee's right-hand glove and pulled it off causing the employee to contact the spinning grinding wheel with his hand. The employee sustained an avulsion to his ring, middle and pinky fingers and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Assembling, Avulsion, Brush, Catch Point, Caught By, Deburring, Finger, Glove, Grinding, Grinding Machine, Hand, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pulled In, Spinning, Steel Tube, Struck Against

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1487484.015	58	M	Hospitalized injury		Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers

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