Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 142145.015 - Employee amputates fingertip when pneumatic cylinder returns

Accident Summary Nr: 142145.015 -- Report ID: 0418300 -- Event Date: 12/15/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1569778.015	12/20/2021		333517	Franklin Manufacturing, Inc.

Abstract: At 3:00 p.m. on December 15, 2021, an employee was testing the operation of a pneumatic cylinder and gears in a centering device prior to installing the housing cover. The employee placed his hand on the device assembly to steady it during operation and applied air to the steel cylinder. The cylinder returned with sufficient force to amputate his left pinky fingertip to the distal joint. The employee was treated without hospitalization.

Keywords: Air Pressure, Amputated, Amputation, Assembling, Assembly Line, Engineering Controls, Finger, Fingertip, Gear, High Pressure, Inexperience, Insufficient Supervision, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Pneumatic, Pneumatic cylinder, Pneumatic equipment, Supervision, Testing, Training

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1569778.015	30	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Assemblers

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