Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 137798.015 - Employee amputates two fingers when caught between wedge and

Accident Summary Nr: 137798.015 -- Report ID: 0627500 -- Event Date: 04/14/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1525564.015	04/16/2021		331511	Kyoei Steel Group

Abstract: At 9:00 p.m. on April 14, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for an iron foundry was in the process of inserting a wedge into a transfer tundish cart. The employee was inserting the wedge while pressing the button to move the card when he caught his left hand between the wedge and the cart. The employee amputated two fingers and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Cart, Caught Between, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Engineering Controls, Finger, Foundry, Hand, Hand Tool, Installing, Instantaneous amputation, Iron, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lighting, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Metal, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Molding Machine, Pinch Point, Pinched, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1525564.015	36	M	Hospitalized injury		Molding and casting machine operators

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