Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201773694 - Employee Amputates Finger on Unguarded Machine

Accident Summary Nr: 201773694 -- Report ID: 0213900 -- Event Date: 09/28/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315826974	10/04/2011	3672	334412	K-Tron Electronics

Abstract: On September 28, 2011, Employee #1, a laborer, was working on an unguarded EPK-Plus Wave Soldering machine. She was holding a canvas mat when it became entangled in the metal rotating bar at the rear. In a state of panic, Employee #1 ripped her hands free from the canvas mat, severing the tip of her right thumb and her left thumb. She was hospitalized for her injuries. The inspection concluded that the metal rotating bar at the rear of the EPK-Plus Wave Soldering machine should have been guarded.

Keywords: METAL BAR, ROTATING PARTS, AMPUTATED, FINGER, CAUGHT BY, ENTANGLED, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	315826974			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Laborers, except construction

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