Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 139706.015 - Employee amputates finger, injures hand when glove is caught

Accident Summary Nr: 139706.015 -- Report ID: 0111400 -- Event Date: 08/31/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1554317.015	09/09/2021		331491	Leachgarner, Inc.

Abstract: At 3:00 p.m. on August 31, 2021, an employee working for a metals plant was holding a shell while cleaning a lathe. The shell had just had its inner surface roughened by a rotating wire brush connected to the chuck of the lathe. The employee reached for an air hose when his glove caught on the wire brush. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for an amputated finger and lacerated hand.

Keywords: Air Hose, Amputated, Amputation, Brush, Caught By, Cleaning, Finger, Fracture, Glove, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Laceration, Lathe, Machine Guarding, Metal Lathe, Metal Wire, Reaching, Rotating Parts, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1554317.015	41	M	Non Hospitalized injury

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