Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201260452 - Employee's thumb amputated by moving machine parts

Accident Summary Nr: 201260452 -- Report ID: 0524200 -- Event Date: 02/13/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
122157258	02/16/1999	2396	0	The Solar Corporation

Abstract: At approximately 9:15 a.m. on February 13, 1999, Employee #1 doing a job change on the Number 383 Wetout machine had his right thumb amputated when the thumb was caught between the end of the horizontal-sliding shuttle bed and the rigid angle-iron cushion stop bracket. The accident occurred when Employee #1 grabbed the moving shuttle bed, believing that the bed was going to fall onto his body. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, MECHANIC, THUMB, CAUGHT BETWEEN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	122157258			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Helpers, mechanics and repairers

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