Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170841084 - Employee's thumb amputated in dowel-setting press

Accident Summary Nr: 170841084 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 05/05/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125592956	05/05/2000	2449	0	Mendocino Cooperage

Abstract: Employee #1, age 19, was using a Piner-Squeezer specifically designed to press dowels into the ends of barrels. He was holding the wood against the machine when he activated the foot pedal, amputating his right thumb just below the thumb. The pinch point was not guarded.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, WORK RULES, FOOT CONTROL, THUMB, CAUGHT BETWEEN, POINT OF OPERATION, FOOT-POWERED PRESS, PRESS, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125592956			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Miscellaneous woodworking machine operators

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