Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14464192 - CAUGHT THUMB BETWEEN BUSHING AND PRESS RAM

Accident Summary Nr: 14464192 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 04/04/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
14699888	04/13/1984	3493	0	Service Spring Company

Abstract: AT 2:30 PM ON APRIL 4, 1984, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ASSEMBLING A NYLON BUSHING INTO A PRESS FIT HOLE IN AN AUTOMOBILE SPRING. HE CAUGHT HIS LEFT THUMB BETWEEN THE BUSHING AND THE RAM OF THE HYDRAULIC PRESS. THE END OF HIS THUMB WAS AMPUTATED.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, THUMB, HYDRAULIC PRESS, PRESS

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	14699888			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Machine operators, not specified

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