Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201052990 - Employee suffers finger amputation

Accident Summary Nr: 201052990 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 12/10/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126075084	12/23/1999	2514	0	Elite Manufacturing Corp.

Abstract: Approximately 1:20 p.m. on December 10, 1998, Employee #1 was operating a pneumatic tube-connector insert machine. He finished a tube and was going to insert threads on a new tube. He first placed the tube on the tubing index. He then put the threads on to the cradle and pressed the foot control switch. Unexpectedly, Employee #1's hand was still within a pinch point. When the cylinder closed, Employee #1's left index finger was amputated. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, THREADING MACHINE, MACHINIST, CAUGHT BETWEEN, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126075084			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Machine operators, not specified

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