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Accident Summary Nr: 128717.015 - Employee's left hand is crushed in square-up machine

Accident Summary Nr: 128717.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 05/18/2020
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
1486015.01507/30/2020333514Digital Tool & Die, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:15 a.m. on May 18, 2020, a nineteen-year-old employee was working for a firm that manufactured special dies and tools, die sets, jigs, and fixtures. He was a machine operator. He was operating an Amada machine. He was squaring a block of steel on the machine. He was not using the required hand tool to hold the steel block in place. He inadvertently pushed a wrong button, the one that activated the clamping device. The squaring block clamped the employee's left hand. The employee's left hand and finger were crushed. The employee was treated without hospitalization.

Keywords: Clamp, Crushed, Finger, Hand, Hand Tool, Hold-Down Clamp, Inexperience, Machine Cycled, Machine operator, Push Stick, Training, Work Rules

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 1486015.015 19 M Non Hospitalized injury Machine operators, not specified

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