Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 135588.015 - Employee partially amputates thumb when caught between drum

Accident Summary Nr: 135588.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 05/10/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1530724.015	05/12/2021		333120	Gencor Industries, Inc.

Abstract: At 7:15 p.m. on May 10, 2021, an employee working as a welder for a construction machinery manufacturer was welding 9-foot sections of drums together. The employee was rotating a drum using a hand control when he accidently stuck his thumb in an existing bolt hole. The employee pinched his thumb between the drum and the outside roller. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for a partially amputated thumb.

Keywords: Catch Point, Caught Between, Caught In, Drum, Finger, Hole, Inexperience, Metal, Metal Sheet, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Power Roller, Roller--Mach/Part, Rotating Parts, Thumb, Welder, Welding

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1530724.015	20	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Welders and cutters

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