Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202440541 - Employee Is Caught in Machinery and Injured

Accident Summary Nr: 202440541 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 01/20/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307456244	03/24/2005	3823	334513	R W Lyall & Company Inc

Abstract: At approximately 6:10 a.m. on January 20, 2005, Employee #1 was operating a Lycofit Coupling Assembly Machine (Machine Number #5) to insert a Lycofit Coupling to a riser (gas pipe). Just before the accident, Employee #1 was holding the gas pipe (1/2-in. CTS, 0.090-in. wall, Diriscoplex 6500 gas P.E. 2406 CFE.) in his left hand. Employee #1 accidentally hit the power lever with his right hand and the die closed on his left hand. Employee #1's left index finger got crushed between the spigot and the sleeve. Employee #1 was hospitalized and the tip of the index finger including the bone was amputated on January 27, 2005.

Keywords: DIE, AMPUTATED, FINGER, GUARD, MACHINE OPERATOR, CAUGHT BETWEEN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307456244			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Machine operators, not specified

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