Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14565436 - FINGER CAUGHT IN DIE OF PRESS BRAKE MACHINE

Accident Summary Nr: 14565436 -- Report ID: 0950411 -- Event Date: 07/20/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
14628291	07/30/1984	3444	0	Krueger Manufacturing Company

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1, THE LEADMAN IN DEPARTMENT 551 (A PRESS BRAKE AREA), WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REACHING FOR A TOOL THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE LOWER RIGHT FRONT OF MACHINE #41. THIS MACHINE IS A CHICAGO DREIS & KRUMP BRAND PRESS BRAKE, AND WAS BEING USED WITH A 90 DEGREE FORMING DIE. EMPLOYEE #1 DID NOT NOTIFY THE OPERATOR OF THE PRESS BRAKE OF HIS PRESENCE. AS HE REACHED FOR THE TOOL WITH HIS LEFT HAND HE PLACED HIS RIGHT HAND IN THE DIE AREA. THE DIE CLOSED, CATCHING HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE THE FINGER WAS AMPUTATED JUST ABOVE THE SECOND JOINT.

Keywords: DIE, PRESS BRAKE, FINGER, LOCKOUT, CRUSHED, POINT OF OPERATION, PRESS

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	14628291			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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