Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 138022.015 - Employee partially amputates finger when caught in vertical

Accident Summary Nr: 138022.015 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 08/05/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1546747.015	08/11/2021		423990	A-Z Mfg Inc.

Abstract: At 8:00 a.m. on August 5, 2021, an employee was working as a mill operator for a custom metal fabrication shop was milling a custom aluminum part in the production area. The employee had worked for the employer for over 6 years. The employee was operating a HAAS CNC Model VF-0 Vertical Mill (Serial 23309). When he reached into the mill to adjust a part, the employee contacted the rotating spindle. The employee was hospitalized to treat a partially amputated right index finger.

Keywords: Adjust, Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Finger, Hand, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Instantaneous amputation, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Shop, Machine operator, Manufacturing, Metal, Metal Shop, Milling Machine, Partial Amputation, Reaching In, Spindle, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1546747.015	44	M	Hospitalized injury		Milling and planing machine operators

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