Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171054836 - Employee's finger crushed in bender machine

Accident Summary Nr: 171054836 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 12/20/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126765676	12/23/1996	3949	0	Icon Health & Fitness

Abstract: Employee #1 worked on a steel tech day crew that rotated doing different jobs on different machines each day. On the morning of the accident, he had been assigned to use an Eagle bender, model EPT 75, serial #95-921. Employee #1 placed a square metal tube (#129510) in the bender and started the unit. The second bender clamp, which came in from the side, caught his left middle finger. Employee #1's finger was crushed between the tube and the bender clamp, and the skin was pulled off.

Keywords: FINGER, WORK RULES, ROLLER--MACH/PART, BENDING MACHINE, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, SKIN, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126765676			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Punching and stamping press machine operators

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