Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 144094.015 - Employee cuts and fractures fingertips on disc sander

Accident Summary Nr: 144094.015 -- Report ID: 0316700 -- Event Date: 02/14/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1580525.015	02/28/2022		337110	Birch Holdings Of Pa

Abstract: At 2:45 p.m. on February 144, 2022, an employee was using a bench-top Delta disc sander to deburr a small piece of aluminum for a jig. The employee was holding the work piece in line with the direction of the sanding disc rotation when rotating disc grabbed the work piece and pressed his fingertips against the sanding disc. The employee suffered left index and middle fingertip skin abrasions and distal bone fractures and was treated without hospitalization.

Keywords: Abrasion, Contact, Deburring, Disc, Fingertip, Fracture, Metal, Rotating Parts, Sander, Sanding Machine

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1580525.015	62	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Production inspectors, checkers and examiners

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