Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 129710.015 - Employee lacerates fingertip in welder, is later amputated

Accident Summary Nr: 129710.015 -- Report ID: 0418600 -- Event Date: 09/14/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1494072.015	09/23/2020		336399	Guyoung Tech Usa, Inc.

Abstract: At 8:30 p.m. on September 14, 2020, an employee working an operations analyst for a motor vehicle parts manufacturer was operating a projection welder. The employee caught his finger in the electrode. The employee was hospitalized and required amputation of his right index fingertip.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Finger, Fingertip, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Surgical Amputation, Traumatic Amputation, Welder, Welding Electrode

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1494072.015	24	M	Hospitalized injury		Operations & systems researchers and analysts

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