Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170241103 - Employee's fingers amputated in power press die

Accident Summary Nr: 170241103 -- Report ID: 1055350 -- Event Date: 12/01/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
115484420	12/01/1994	3931	0	Manhassett Specialty Co Dba Act Now

Abstract: Employee #1 was bending lamp sections in a 1956 Bench Master full cycle power press. The two-hand control had been bypassed to do a special operation. Employee #1 had completed the special operation, but the two-hand trip had not been restored to the press when she caught her right hand in the die as the press cycled, amputating two fingers.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, POWER PRESS, FINGER, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, TWO-HAND CONTROL, POINT OF OPERATION, PRESS OPERATOR, PRESS

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	115484420			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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