Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 130025.015 - Employee amputates fingertip when struck by shaft

Accident Summary Nr: 130025.015 -- Report ID: 0454715 -- Event Date: 08/06/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1495610.015	10/05/2020		811310	Southern Machinery Repair, Inc.

Abstract: At 1:30 p.m. on August 6, 2020, an employee was switching out a pinion shaft from a metal press when he picked up one end of the shaft and slid a piece of wood under it, the pinion shaft fell on and smashed his left middle finger. The employee suffered a left middle fingertip amputation and was treated without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Brace, Crushed, Falling Object, Finger, Fingertip, Mechanical Power Press, Metal Shaft, Repair, Struck By, Wood

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Maintenance or repair			1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1495610.015	36	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Millwrights	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause:

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