Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 137910.015 - Employee amputates fingertip when bending metal with press b

Accident Summary Nr: 137910.015 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 07/29/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1546387.015	08/03/2021		332710	Greene Machine & Manufacturing, Inc.

Abstract: At 7:30 a.m. on July 29, 2021, an employee working for a machine shop was operating a press brake bending sheet metal part in a sequence of four steps. The employee actuated the foot pedal and the point of operation closed. The employee had his hand in the danger zone and caught his finger. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for an amputated fingertip.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Bending Machine, Catch Point, Caught By, Danger Zone, Die, Die Guard, Die Safety Device, Engineering Controls, Finger, Fingertip, Instantaneous amputation, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine Guarding, Machine Shop, Machine operator, Metal, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Point Of Operation, Power Press, Press, Press Brake, Press Operator, Safety Device, Shear, Sheared, Shearing Machine, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1546387.015	22	M	Non Hospitalized injury

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