Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 142338.015 - Employee partially amputates fingertip when pinched by pisto

Accident Summary Nr: 142338.015 -- Report ID: 0524700 -- Event Date: 10/29/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1556304.015	10/05/2021		332912	Air-Way Manufacturing Company

Abstract: At 3:30 a.m. on October 29, 2021, an employee was operating a pneumatic plastic cap cutter machine. As the employee placed a plastic cap in the cap cutter, he heard a hissing noise, and the cap cutting machine piston came down on his gloved finger unexpectedly. The piston pinched his right index finger, resulting in partial amputation of the fingertip below the first knuckle. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Cutting, Fingertip, Machine Cycled, Machine operator, Partial Amputation, Pinched, Piston, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1556304.015	74	M	Hospitalized injury		Production helpers

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