Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200083350 - Employee Amputates Thumb While Using Shear

Accident Summary Nr: 200083350 -- Report ID: 0112000 -- Event Date: 09/11/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310187380	09/06/2007	3356	331491	The Torrey S. Crane Company

Abstract: On September 11, 2007, an employee using a Constellatio Shear cut off the tip of his right thumb down to the knuckle while holding pieces of copper next to the blade. The shear was not guarded. The employee was cutting small sections of scrap copper to be put into a melt. The employee was hospitalized and treated for amputation of finger.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, SHEAR, THUMB, CAUGHT BETWEEN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	310187380			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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