Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 201162963 - Employee injured when finger caught in power press die
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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126063767 | 09/06/2001 | 3469 | 0 | Bigbee Engineering |
Abstract: On August 3, 2001, Employee #1, a laborer in a small machine shop was forming small parts on a Hydra Power brand press brake. He was making bends in a small piece of aluminum, and says he got distracted and pinched the end of his right ring finger in the dies. Employee #1 was using a foot-operated control and the machine had no safeguards on it. Employee #1's injuries consisted only of losing his fingernail, which has subsequently grown back.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 126063767 | Non Hospitalized injury | Cut/Laceration | Pressing machine operators |