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Accident Summary Nr: 170189757 - Employee's Thumb Amputated by Drill Bit

Accident Summary Nr: 170189757 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 08/06/1991
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
11215477808/09/199137280Northrop Grumman Corp

Abstract: At approximately 11:00 a.m. on August 6, 1991, Employee #1 was using a portable magnetic drill to drill a 0.625-in. hole in a 4-ft-long by 4-in.-wide by 6-in.-deep aluminum plate. Employee #1 had been wearing a glove on his left hand while transporting the workpiece, tools, and equipment from the tool room to the work area. When Employee #1 cleared metal chips with his gloved left hand, the tip of the glove caught in the rotating drill bit, and his thumb was amputated.

Keywords: PORTABLE POWER TOOL, ROTATING PARTS, AMPUTATED, DRILLING MACHINE, GLOVE, CAUGHT BY, THUMB, ENTANGLED, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 112154778 Hospitalized injury Amputation Tool and die makers

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