Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170903892 - Employee's finger amputated in stamping machine

Accident Summary Nr: 170903892 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 04/22/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119826865	04/24/1996	3541	0	B J'S Quality Machine, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 4:30 p.m. on April 22, 1996, Employee #1, age 17, of BJ's Quality Machine, Inc., Santa Fe Springs, CA, was using a Perkin's Machine Company stamp machine to stamp screws. She could not keep up the timing and as she tried to remove the completed part, her right middle finger became caught in the machine's point of operation and was amputated. She was taken to the Los Angeles Community Hospital for treatment. The stamping machine did not have a guard or any other protective device on the point of operation. The employer was cited for a serious violation of T8CCR 4206(a).

Keywords: AMPUTATED, STAMPER, FINGER, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, POINT OF OPERATION, PRESS OPERATOR, PRESS, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119826865			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Punching and stamping press machine operators

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