Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201157393 - Employee's fingers amputated when hand caught in gears

Accident Summary Nr: 201157393 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 06/20/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300858602	06/21/2002	3648	0	Mag Instrument, Inc.

Abstract: At about 7:00 p.m. on June 20, 2002, Employee #1, a machine operator, was working on an ACME GRIDLEY automatic screw machine Number 43, located in building M2. Employee #1 was facing the roll clutch of the screw machine Number 43, which was used to pop out the clutch lever. To fix this, Employee #1 turned off the power by pressing the red E-stop button. Then he flipped open the roll clutch and the gear box hosing panel and attempted to access the roll clutch, located behind the gear assembly. As Employee #1 accessed with his gloved right hand, it got caught in the still running gears which pulled his hand in. Employee #1 amputated his right little and ring fingers and sustained severe trauma to his middle finger.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, LOCKOUT, ROLLER--MACH/PART, CAUGHT BETWEEN, SCREW JACK, GEAR, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300858602			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Machine operators, not specified

Thank You for Visiting Our Website

You are exiting the Department of Labor's Web server.

The Department of Labor does not endorse, takes no responsibility for, and exercises no control over the linked organization or its views, or contents, nor does it vouch for the accuracy or accessibility of the information contained on the destination server. The Department of Labor also cannot authorize the use of copyrighted materials contained in linked Web sites. Users must request such authorization from the sponsor of the linked Web site. Thank you for visiting our site. Please click the button below to continue.