Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 134566.015 - Employee's hands are crushed by pneumatic machine

Accident Summary Nr: 134566.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 03/26/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1523500.015	04/06/2021		332215	Midwest Tool & Cutlery Company

Abstract: At 2:45 p.m. on March 26, 2021, Employee #1 was attempting to reconnect an air pressure line that had become disconnected. Upon connecting the line, the machine was actuated, causing the employee's hands to be caught between two metal plates that hold the product in place. The plates, controlled by pneumatic pressure, crushed the employee's hands. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: Air Pressure, Automatic Machine, Caught Between, Caught By, Caught In, Crushed, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Metal Plating, Pneumatic, Pneumatic system

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1523500.015	43	F	Hospitalized injury		Supervisors, production occupations

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