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Accident Summary Nr: 140578.015 - Employee amputates fingertip when caught in metal shearing m

Accident Summary Nr: 140578.015 -- Report ID: 0355112 -- Event Date: 09/20/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1554032.015	09/21/2021		336510	Plasser American Corporation

Abstract: At 12:45 p.m. on September 20, 2021, an employee working as a machinist apprentice for a railroad rolling stock manufacturer was operating a shearing machine. Metal became dislodged and at an angle under the blade. The employee placed his hand under the guard catching his middle finger. The employee recieved medical treatment for an amputated fingertip.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Apprentice, Catch Point, Caught By, Caught In, Finger, Fingertip, Inexperience, Instantaneous amputation, Machine Guarding, Machinist, Maintenance, Manufacturing, Partial Amputation, Shear, Sheared, Shearing Machine, Supervision, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1554032.015	28	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machinist apprentices

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