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Accident Summary Nr: 170699714 - EMPLOYEE'S THREE FINGERS AMPUTATED IN PUNCH PRESS

Accident Summary Nr: 170699714 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 01/28/1993
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
11996255302/02/199334620Master Halco Inc
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
11199693002/02/199373610Temporary Solutions Inc

Abstract: ON JANUARY 28, 1993, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING PUNCH PRESS #27 AT MASTER HALCO INC. AS A TEMPORARY EMPLOYEE PROVIDED BY TEMPORARY SOLUTION INC. (AN EMPLOYMENT AGENCY). EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PLACING BAR STOCK INTO THE PROGRESSIVE DIE OF THE MACHINE AND PLACING HIS LEFT HAND WITHIN THE POINT OF OPERATION WHILE ALIGNING THE END OF THE BAR STOCK WITH THE DIE. WHEN THE RAM DESCENDED, THE UPPER DIE STRUCK HIS HAND. THREE FINGERS OF THE LEFT HAND WERE AMPUTATED WHEN THE DIES CLOSED AND THE MACHINE STOPPED WITH THE HAND BETWEEN THE UPPER AND LOWER DIES.

Keywords: DIE, AMPUTATED, WORK RULES, FINGER, CAUGHT BETWEEN, POINT OF OPERATION, PUNCH PRESS

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 119962553 Hospitalized injury Amputation Occupation not reported
2 111996930 Occupation Not Listed

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