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Accident Summary Nr: 135978.015 - Employee amputates fingertip when pushing scrap metal into s

Accident Summary Nr: 135978.015 -- Report ID: 0522300 -- Event Date: 04/12/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1527049.015	04/19/2021		331221	Midwest Materials Inc

Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. on April 12, 2021, an employee working as a machine feeder for a rolled steel manufacturer was attempting to push a piece of scrap sheet metal though an Accurshear 662512 (Serial Number: #5548). The employee was leaning on the machine when he placed his left hand under the guard to push the metal through the machine. The shear hold-downs caught the employee's finger when he stepped on the foot pedal and actuated the shear. The employee partially amputated his ring finger and required medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Catch Point, Finger, Fingertip, Foot Control, Foot pedal, Foot-Powered Press, Hand, Inexperience, Instantaneous amputation, Insufficient Supervision, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Nip Point, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Point Of Operation, Push Stick, Pushing, Rotating Parts, Struck By, Traumatic Amputation, Unsafe Position

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1527049.015	25	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine feeders and offbearers

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