Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 147215.015 - Employee fractures finger when caught between dies

Accident Summary Nr: 147215.015 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 01/26/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1577504.015	02/10/2022		316992	Cosway Company, Inc.

Abstract: At 8:20 a.m. on January 26, 2022, an employee, a mechanic, was operating a Bartelt machine when he turned the machine on and began to tighten the screw on the machine for the seal dies. The employee was trying to clean the hot metal seal dies quickly when his finger got caught in between the hot metal dies. The employee tried to quickly remove his finger, causing broken bone at the tip his right index finger. The employee was treated without hospitalization.

Keywords: Casting Die, Caught Between, Cleaning, Die, Finger, Fracture, Machine operator, Sealing Machine

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1577504.015	74	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Specified mechanics and repairers

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