Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 141186.015 - Employee sustains fingertip laceration when cutting gusset p

Accident Summary Nr: 141186.015 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 11/08/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1564158.015	11/16/2021		811111	Cummins Inc.

Abstract: At 12:00 noon on November 8, 2021, an employee was operating a mechanical shear to cut a small piece off a metal gusset plate. The employee used a mechanical shear with the wrong shearing capacity. The employee was not trained on machine capabilities. When the machine moved to cut the material, the material was lifted up. When the material was cut, it came back down on the employee's finger, resulting in a fingertip laceration. The employee was treated without hospitalization.

Keywords: Cut, Finger, Fingertip, Laceration, Shearing Machine, Steel Plate, Struck By, Untrained, Work Rules

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1564158.015	22	F	Non Hospitalized injury

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