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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 142942.015 - Employee Amputates Fingertips In Press Brake

**Accident: 142942.015 -- Report ID: 0830400 -- Event Date: 01/17/2022**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1572955.015	01/18/2022		Daktronics, Inc

At 6:45 a.m. on January 17, 2022, an employee was bending a metal bracket in a T rumpf Trumabend V200 Press Brake. The employee was holding the bracket with his fingers wrapped around the top inside edge and when the backstop pushed the part forward. The bracket got caught on the lower die which caused the top of the br acket to press against the upper tooling of the machine creating a pinch point w here the employee was holding the part. The employee was hospitalized to treat a mputations of his right middle and ring fingertips and his left ring fingertip.

Keywords: amputated, amputation, bending machine, caught between, fingertip, metal, nip point, press brake, press operator

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1572955.015	31	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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