Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170804678 - Employee's fingers crushed between press dies

Accident Summary Nr: 170804678 -- Report ID: 1054112 -- Event Date: 06/30/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126681055	06/30/1995	3423	0	Leatherman Tool Group Inc

Abstract: At 2:00 p.m. on June 29, 1995, Employee #1, of Leatherman Tool Group, Inc., was removing parts from a press being used in a coining operation. The press cycled to the near bottom dead center and stuck, pinning and crushing Employee #1's middle, ring and little fingers between the dies. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: DIE, FINGER, PINNED, STUCK, WORK RULES, LOCKOUT, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, PRESS OPERATOR, PRESS

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126681055			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Punching and stamping press machine operators

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