Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201147568 - Employee Is Injured in Milling Operation

Accident Summary Nr: 201147568 -- Report ID: 0950637 -- Event Date: 01/04/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305356974	03/14/2006	3499	332999	Stratoflight Corp

Abstract: On January 4, 2006, Employee #1, a full time employee at an aircraft and aerospace parts fabrication facility, was removing a stuck tool holder from the tool magazine of a vertical mill by using a screw driver. The machine was a Kuraki Vertical Mill, model KV1600 and serial number 2995. While Employee #1 was standing below the tool magazine holder, the energized programmed extractor fork activated. This activation caught the employee's left thumb between the tool holder and the extractor fork, partially amputating the left thumb.

Keywords: FINGER, MACHINE OPERATOR, THUMB, LOCKOUT, MILLING MACHINE, CAUGHT BETWEEN, LACERATION, POINT OF OPERATION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	305356974			Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Milling and planing machine operators

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