Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201158086 - Employee's Finger Amputated When Struck by Drill Bit

Accident Summary Nr: 201158086 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 12/09/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120125083	12/20/2002	3431	332998	Robert Manufacturing

Abstract: About 6:30 a.m. on December 9, 2002, Employee #1, a machine operator, was drilling holes in the brass rods utilizing a Brown and Sharpe automatic screw machine (Machine No. 410 2G, Serial No. 542-2-1142). As Employee #1 was holding a brass rod in the collet of the automatic screw machine, he noticed his supervisor and acknowledged him with a greeting gesture at which time the forward-moving drill bit struck Employee #1's right finger. He sustained a serious laceration injury leading to partial amputation of his right index finger. Employee #1 was hospitalized. The automatic screw machine was not guarded at the point of operation.

Keywords: ROTATING PARTS, AMPUTATED, DRILLING MACHINE, FINGER, GUARD, LACERATION, STRUCK BY

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120125083			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.

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