Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170180962 - Employee's fingertip amputated in a slitter

Accident Summary Nr: 170180962 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 12/19/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112155932	01/02/1992	7389	0	Consolidated Metal & Supply Co

Abstract: On December 19, 1991, Employee #1, of Consolidated Metal Supply Co., was attempting to remove a wooden block/rubber spacer from between a push plate and a roll of finished slit metal on a slitter. Employee #1 reached in with his hand to take out the spacer before the push plate completed its cycle. The tip of his left index finger was caught between the roll and the spacer and amputated. Employee #1 should have used an extension tool to pull out the spacer.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BETWEEN, POINT OF OPERATION, SLITTER, JACK

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112155932			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.

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