Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201125614 - Employee Amputates Thumb on Milling Machine

Accident Summary Nr: 201125614 -- Report ID: 0950613 -- Event Date: 06/08/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300842812	06/13/2005	3599	332710	Concepts And Methods Co., Inc.

Abstract: At about 9:30 a.m. on June 8, 2005, Employee #1 was working alone, operating a milling machine, cutting a 1-in.-diameter hole in the domed end of a small furnace under construction. As he was wiping the steel surface with a rag, his thumb was caught by the milling machine's rotating tool, and part of his thumb was amputated. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: ROTATING PARTS, AMPUTATED, CAUGHT BY, THUMB, MILLING MACHINE, POINT OF OPERATION, NIP POINT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300842812			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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