Accident Report Detail

Accident: 14223796 - Left Thumb Tip Amputated In Drill Press

**Accident: 14223796 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 02/11/1985**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
14733141	02/20/1985	3540	Redford Manufacturing Co Inc

ON FEBRUARY 11, 1985,,AT 10 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A ROCKWELL DRILL PRESS. WHILE LOADING A PART TO BE DRILLED INTO THE AIR-OPERATED HOLDING FIXTURE WITH HER LEFT HAND, SHE ACTIVATED THE MACHINE WITH HER RIGHT HAND. THE CLAMP CLOSED, CATCHING HER THUMB BETWEEN THE PART AND THE HOLDING FIXTURE. THE TIP OF HER LEFT THUMB WAS AMPUTATED.

Keywords: amputated, thumb, point of operation, drill press, press

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	14733141			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Drilling and boring machine operators

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