Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 135075.015 - Employee amputates tip of thumb when caught in between punch

Accident Summary Nr: 135075.015 -- Report ID: 0317700 -- Event Date: 11/17/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1503229.015	11/19/2020		332322	Cardinal Systems, Inc.

Abstract: At 6:30 p.m. on November 17, 2020, an employee was moving a steel panel from the aircraft riveter. As the employee was moving the steel panel, the employee bumped the switch used to operate the pneumatic clinch gun. The employee's thumb was caught in between the punch and the anvil, when the punch was brought into a "down" or "clinch" position. The employee amputated the tip of the thumb on the right hand. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Airplane, Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Moving, Pneumatic, Steel Sheet, Thumb

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1503229.015	47	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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