Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 134770.015 - Employee amputates thumb tip when caught in bandsaw cutting

Accident Summary Nr: 134770.015 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 04/12/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1524998.015	04/14/2021		332312	Kwm, Inc.

Abstract: At 3:00 p.m. on April 12, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for a structural steel manufacturer was adjusting steel strips in a bandsaw. The employee activated the hydraulic clamp to hold the material in place. He did not remove his hand and caught his right thumb tip in the machine. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for an amputated thumb tip.

Keywords: Adjust, Amputated, Amputation, Bandsaw, Caught Between, Caught By, Caught In, Clamp, Cutting, Engineering Controls, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Hold-Down Clamp, Hydraulic, Hydraulic Equipment, Instantaneous amputation, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Metal, Metal Strip, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Steel, Thumb, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1524998.015	32	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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