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Accident Summary Nr: 141759.015 - Employee crushes, amputates fingers when caught in billet sa

Accident Summary Nr: 141759.015 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 07/28/2021
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
1550270.01508/26/2021331512Samuel, Son & Co. (Usa) Inc.

Abstract: At 7:30 p.m. on July 28, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for a high-volume extrusion mill was cutting aluminum billets in the foundry department. The employee worked directly for the company. The employee was removing stock material from the billet saw when he reached in to grab a cut aluminum billet. The stamper came down on the employee's hand crushing his fingers between the stamper and the billet. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for an amputated finger.

Keywords: Aluminum Processing, Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Crushed, Cutting, Engineering Controls, Extrusion, Extrusion Machine, Foundry, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Metal, Mill--Plant, Shear, Sheared, Shearing Machine, Stamper, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 1550270.015 53 M Non Hospitalized injury Machine operators, not specified

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