Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 142745.015 - Employee amputates finger in pneumatic press

Accident Summary Nr: 142745.015 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 01/12/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1572578.015	01/13/2022		332510	Caldwell Manufacturing Company North America, Llc

Abstract: At 10:30 a.m. on January 12, 2022, an employee was setting up the Dinger #2 Constant Force Spring manufacturing machine and adjusting the stamp press/dies. A coworker stated that he was programming the computer set up of the quantity for the next run of springs, and the machine cycled the stamp press machine within the process, causing it to come down on the employee's middle left finger, crushing it in the proximal location of the third knuckle and amputating that section. The employee was treated without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Crushed, Finger, Machine Cycled, Pneumatic press

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1572578.015	56	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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