Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201160587 - EMPLOYEE SUFFERS AMPUTATION OF INDEX FINGER

Accident Summary Nr: 201160587 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 05/18/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126110931	05/29/1998	3442	0	Columbia Manufacturing Corp

Abstract: At approximately 7:00 a.m. on May 18, 1998, Employee #1, an assembler, was operating a pneumatic punch press to cut out miter corner on strips of PVC. The press Employee #1 was using was unguarded. When Employee #1 reached into the point of operation to retrieve cut material, the press caught his left index finger amputating it.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, POINT OF OPERATION, PUNCH PRESS, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126110931			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Assemblers

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