Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 143854.015 - Employee amputates two fingertips when caught in autobrake m

Accident Summary Nr: 143854.015 -- Report ID: 0953220 -- Event Date: 01/07/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1577854.015	02/09/2022		339950	Yesco, Llc.

Abstract: At 12:15 p.m. on January 7, 2022, an employee was using a Roper Whitney Autobrake 2000 to bend a piece of aluminum sheet into a box. The employee was using his right hand to locate the workpiece on the brake table in order to align the piece with his fingers. When the employee activated the machine to clamp down on the piece, he caught his fingers between the brake finger mount and the workpiece. The employee amputated his middle and ring fingertips at the nail bed and required hospitalization.

Keywords: Aluminum Processing, Amputated, Amputation, Bending Machine, Caught Between, Clamp, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Machine operator, Metal Sheet, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Pinched, Sheet Metal

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1577854.015	37	M	Hospitalized injury		Sheet metal worker apprentices

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