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Accident Summary Nr: 142491.015 - Employee amputates fingertips while using press brake to ben

Accident Summary Nr: 142491.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 12/29/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1571164.015	01/05/2022		332999	Giese Manufacturing Co. Inc.

Abstract: At 4:30 p.m. on December 29, 2021, an employee was using a Toyokoki Model APB-286u Press Brake to bend 1.761 inch by 11.375 inch parts the short way. The employee was holding a part as it was being bent when he caught his left hand ring and middle fingertips in between the die and the punch. The employee amputated his fingertips to the bottom of the nail requiring medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Bending Machine, Caught Between, Die, Finger, Fingertip, Guard, Hand, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Metal, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Point Of Operation, Press Brake, Sheared, Unguarded, Unstable Position

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1571164.015	26	M	Non Hospitalized injury

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