Accident Report Detail

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 Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1486015.015	07/30/2020		333514	Digital 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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