Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 144159.015 - Employee amputates fingers while using unguarded machinery

Accident Summary Nr: 144159.015 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 02/21/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1580927.015	03/01/2022		333517	Illinois Engineered Products, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:15 a.m. on February 21, 2022, Employee #1 was operating a hydro-mechanical brake press machine. Employee #1, a machine operator, was bending parts on a mechanical brake press machine. Employee #1 had been placing parts into the machine and using a foot pedal to actuate the machine in order to bend the parts. Employee #1 placed the part into the machine and pressed the foot pedal. At this moment, Employee #1's middle and ring fingers on the left hand were severed. Employee #1 was taken to a local hospital and hospitalized for a day. Employee #1's middle finger was reattached and the ring finger was a complete fingertip amputation.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Finger, Fingertip, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Press Brake, Press Operator, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1580927.015	43	F	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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