Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 135672.015 - Employee amputates four fingers in unguarded punch press

Accident Summary Nr: 135672.015 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 05/10/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1531506.015	05/17/2021		332322	Joval Manufacturing Company, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:35 a.m. on May 10, 2021, an employee working for a sheet metal manufacturer was talking on a cellphone with his hand placed on a punch press die. A coworker actuated the machine catching the employee's hand in the point of operation. The employee amputated four fingers and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Actuated, Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Distracted, Finger, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Lack of Work Procedures, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Metal Sheet, Pinch Point, Pinched, Point Of Operation, Power Press, Press, Press Operator, Punch Press, Safety Device, Sheet Metal, Traumatic Amputation, Unguarded, Unsafe Position

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1531506.015	38	M	Hospitalized injury

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