Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 136919.015 - Employee amputates fingertip when caught between iron part a

Accident Summary Nr: 136919.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 06/29/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1540451.015	07/06/2021		331511	Premier Casting Services, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:40 a.m. on June 29, 2021, an employee working as a laborer for an iron foundry was moving an iron casting in a steel industrial tub. The part moved and caught the employee's finger between the part and the steel tub. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputated fingertip.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Casting, Catch Point, Caught Between, Engineering Technician, Finger, Fingertip, Foundry, Inexperience, Instantaneous amputation, Iron, Laborer, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Material Handling, Metal, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Person, Pinch Point, Pinched, Shear, Sheared, Steel, Traumatic Amputation, Vat

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1540451.015	36	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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