Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170393581 - Employee's fingers amputated in running press

Accident Summary Nr: 170393581 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 01/07/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
124039017	01/18/1994	3564	0	Stewart Manufacturing Company

Abstract: At approximately 10:10 a.m. on or about January 7, 1994, Employee #1 was running parts on a Federal press #5 (5 ton), serial #5-1409. Employee #1 was not using the hand tools and did not have the point of operation guards adjusted properly. As Employee #1 reached into the point of operation to retrieve a part, he hit the foot pedal and caught his right middle and index fingers in the press. The dies cut the tips of the fingers and crushed the bone of the middle finger.

Keywords: DIE, AMPUTATED, FINGER, WORK RULES, FOOT CONTROL, CRUSHED, POINT OF OPERATION, FOOT-POWERED PRESS, PRESS, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	124039017			Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Punching and stamping press machine operators

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