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Accident Summary Nr: 144085.015 - Employee's fingers are amputated by core making machine.

Accident Summary Nr: 144085.015 -- Report ID: 0524500 -- Event Date: 02/22/2022
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
1580492.01502/28/2022331511Caterpillar Inc.

Abstract: At 03:45 p.m. on February 22, 2022, an employee was placing tape on a core mold. The gas plate on the core making machine came down on top of the employee's left hand. The employee sustained crushing injuries to the left middle and ring fingertips, resulting in later surgical amputation at the hospital. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputation, Caught Between, Caught In, Crushed, Crushing, Finger, Fingertip, Foundry, Hand, Iron, Machine operator, Metal, Mold, Mold Plates, Partial Amputation

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 1580492.015 30 F Hospitalized injury Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.

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