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Accident Summary Nr: 135711.015 - Employee amputates fingertip when crushed between wood and m

Accident Summary Nr: 135711.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 05/04/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1530276.015	05/11/2021		337110	Swan Creek Cabinet Company

Abstract: At 2:45 p.m. on May 4, 2021, an employee working as a precision woodworker for a cabinet company was operating a Castle brand Model TSM-21 Pocket Screw Machine. The employee was drilling holes into 1-inch by 2-inch wood for a cabinet frame assembly. The employee had placed his right hand beyond the improperly guarded point of operation when the machine cycled. The employee crushed his middle finger between the pneumatic clamp and the wood piece. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for a partially amputated fingertip involving only the flesh with no bone loss.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Clamp, Crushed, Engineering Controls, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Inexperience, Instantaneous amputation, Insufficient Supervision, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine Cycled, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Point Of Operation, Screw, Supervision, Traumatic Amputation, Wood, Wood Board

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1530276.015	28	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Miscellaneous precision woodworkers

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