Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 135791.015 - Employee amputates fingertip when caught in machine nip poin

Accident Summary Nr: 135791.015 -- Report ID: 0317700 -- Event Date: 05/18/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1532501.015	05/24/2021		332111	Ward Manufacturing, Llc

Abstract: At 5:00 a.m. on May 18, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for a metal forging company was operating a pipe seam welding and corrugating machine. The employee placed his fingers inside the welding cover too close to a nip point in the rollers. He received medical treatment without hospitalization for a fingertip amputation.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Catch Point, Caught Between, Caught In, Engineering Controls, Finger, Fingertip, Instantaneous amputation, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Metal, Nip Point, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Pipe, Power Roller, Roller--Mach/Part, Traumatic Amputation, Welding

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1532501.015	33	F	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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