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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 Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119962553	02/02/1993	3462	0	Master Halco Inc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111996930	02/02/1993	7361	0	Temporary 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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