Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 141544.015 - Worker's fingertip is partially amputated in pneumatic press

Accident Summary Nr: 141544.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 11/10/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1566291.015	12/01/2021		326121	Kam Plastics Corporation

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on November 10, 2021, an employee was working for a firm that manufactured unlaminated plastic profile shapes. She operated a pneumatic press. She was training a coworker new to the machine on how to operate the press. She thought that her trainee had not placed a gasket onto a part in the press. As the employee reached into the press, it was activated. Her fingertip was caught in a pinch point created by the press ram. She suffered a partial amputation of the tip of the index finger on her right hand. She was treated without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Finger, Fingertip, Machine operator, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Plastic, Plastic Mfg, Pneumatic press, Ram, Training, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1566291.015	60	F	Non Hospitalized injury		Pressing machine operators

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