Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 139472.015 - Employee amputates two fingertips when reaching into machine

Accident Summary Nr: 139472.015 -- Report ID: 0111700 -- Event Date: 07/28/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1545715.015	08/02/2021		334412	Intervala, Llc

Abstract: At 12:00 p.m. on July 28, 2021, an employee working as a laborer for a circuit board manufacturer was cutting tubing with a cutting machine. The employee reached her hand inside the machine and was struck by the cutting mechanism. The employee was hospitalized to treat amputations to two fingertips.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Cutter, Cutting, Energized, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Shear, Sheared, Shearing Machine, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1545715.015	40	F	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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