Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 143229.015 - Employee Amputates Fingertip When Pinched While Moving Machi

Accident Summary Nr: 143229.015 -- Report ID: 0524500 -- Event Date: 10/07/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1575301.015	01/28/2022		321999	Altamont, Co.

Abstract: At 2:00 p.m. on October 7, 2021, an employee was reinstalling a machine component at a wood product manufacturing facility. The employee was utilizing a team lift to move a component of a Diehl ripsaw from a work table to a work surface while rotating the component. The employee's left hand was caught in a pinch point between the component being rotated and the steel work surface, resulting in amputation of the left hand index fingertip. The employee required medical treatment but was not hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Fingertip, Hand, Installing, Pinched, Saw, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1575301.015	38	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machinery maintenance occupations

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