Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 132379.015 - Employee suffers fingertip amputation while operating metal

Accident Summary Nr: 132379.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 12/10/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1509740.015	01/13/2021		493110	Alro Metals Outlet

Abstract: At 10:30 a.m. on December 10, 2020, an employee was assisting a customer by providing a cut workpiece for retail sale. The employee placed and held a steel sheet/plate material on the table adjacent to the discharge side of a Piranha P50 ironworker's metal shear section. When the employee cycled the machine to make the cut, the part unexpectedly snapped up and down, pinching his left middle fingertip between the flat metal workpiece and the table surface. The employee sustained an amputation of the left middle fingertip as a result of this incident. The employee was treated without hospitalization. The injury was caused by a pinch point created between the metal workpiece and the work table.

Keywords: Amputation, Cut, Fingertip, Iron Worker, Pinch Point, Shear, Steel

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1509740.015	54	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Sales counter clerks

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