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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 142876.015 - Employee Amputates Fingertip Between Aluminum Tube And Table

**Accident: 142876.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 12/22/2021**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1573411.015	01/19/2022		Heartland Quest

At 4:00 p.m. on December 22, 2021, an employee was working on the end of the rol ler table near the band saw and a coworker was at far end from the saw when the coworker dropped an aluminum tube onto the roller table catching the employee's fingers between the aluminum tube and the table. The employee suffered a right m iddle fingertip amputation and a fracture of his ring finger and was treated wit hout hospitalization.

Keywords: aluminum processing, amputation, bandsaw, caught between, crushed, cutting, dropped, finger, fingertip, fracture, metal, roller conveyor, work surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1573411.015	31	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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