Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 145791.015 - Employee amputates fingertip, guard fails when press cycles

Accident Summary Nr: 145791.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 12/06/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1592261.015	04/27/2022		332618	Ag Manufacturing Inc

Abstract: At 1:00 p.m. on December 6, 2021, an employee was operating a terminal Press located in the Processing Department of a facility. The employee placed a terminal ring into the slide and pushed the slide into the press when the terminal ring turned out of place. As the employee was reaching for a screwdriver he inadvertently pushed a left hand index finger through the guard protecting the point of operation as he hit the foot pedal in the process. The employee amputated his fingertip, requiring medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Engineering Controls, Finger, Fingertip, Guard, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine operator, Partial Amputation, Pinched, Point Of Operation, Power Press, Press Operator, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1592261.015	58	F	Non Hospitalized injury

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