Accident Report Detail

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 Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1580492.015	02/28/2022		331511	Caterpillar 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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