Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170611073 - EMPLOYEE'S FINGERTIP AMPUTATED IN BELT SANDER

Accident Summary Nr: 170611073 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 04/27/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119987675	06/28/1993	3599	0	Clb Manufacturing Corp.

Abstract: AT ABOUT 12:35 P.M. ON APRIL 27, 1993, EMPLOYEE #1, A MACHINIST, WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS LEFT RING FINGER IN THE DRIVE MECHANISM OF A BELT SANDER. THE BELT DRIVE MECHANISM HAD NEVER BEEN GUARDED. EMPLOYEE #1'S LEFT HAND ENTERED THE UNGUARDED AREA WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO RETRIEVE A PART HE HAD DROPPED WHILE REMOVING BURRS WITH THE BELT SANDER. HIS SUPERVISOR ADMINISTERED FIRST AID AND DROVE EMPLOYEE #1 TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM. EMPLOYEE #1 LOST HIS FINGER TO THE FIRST JOINT. ALTHOUGH THE TIP OF THE FINGER WAS RECOVERED, THE DOCTOR WAS UNABLE TO ATTACH IT BACK TO THE FINGER.

Keywords: SANDING MACHINE, AMPUTATED, FINGER, WORK RULES, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119987675			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Machinists

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