Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170169478 - Employee's fingertip amputated by machine's die cutter

Accident Summary Nr: 170169478 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 07/31/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111765632	08/07/1991	3083	0	Kompspin Technologies, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was adjusting a plastic sheet on a laminating machine while he put the machine on manual mode. The die cutter descended for a second time while the index finger on his right hand was between the die and the cutter. The tip of his finger was amputated. Employee #1 was taken to San Jose Hospital and stayed for about 7 hours. He cannot remember what happened. When the company demonstrated the machine's operation, it functioned properly: the light beam interrupted and stopped the machine. The machine could have malfunctioned one time. Employee #1 was trained by a coworker.

Keywords: DIE, AMPUTATED, DIE CUTTING PRESS, FINGER, CAUGHT BETWEEN, POINT OF OPERATION, MECH MALFUNCTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111765632			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.

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