Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 142876.015 - Employee amputates fingertip between aluminum tube and table

Accident Summary Nr: 142876.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 12/22/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1573411.015	01/19/2022		332710	Heartland Quest

Abstract: At 4:00 p.m. on December 22, 2021, an employee was working on the end of the roller 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 middle fingertip amputation and a fracture of his ring finger and was treated without hospitalization.

Keywords: Aluminum Processing, Amputation, Bandsaw, Caught Between, Crushed, Cutting, Dropped, Finger, Fingertip, Fracture, Metal, Roller Conveyor, Work Surface

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

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