Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202452520 - Employee's Finger Is Injured by Drill Press

Accident Summary Nr: 202452520 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 03/06/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307167841	03/10/2006	3541	333512	Hanmar Corporation Hermann'S Metal Spinning

Abstract: On March 6, 2006, Employee #1, a programmer and supervisor of the Automatic Spinning Department with Hermann's Metal Spinning (a spinning and press sheet-form metal manufacturer), was conducting a production set-up operation. He was working alone. The set up process entailed tapping a 0.375-in. thread in a 9-in. aluminum sampling tube. While finishing the set-up operation, he released the lever of a drill press (Rockwell Manufacturing Model Number P5-655, Serial Number 1509891) and loosened the three-jaw chuck at the base of the drill press to take a work piece from its position. The spinning 0.375-in. drill bit caught a finger of his gloved right hand. Employee #1 was transported to Glendale Memorial Occupational Medical Center and then transferred to a hand specialist, who amputated a portion of his finger. Employee #1 had been wearing the glove on his hand to prevent infection of a previous wound.

Keywords: ROTATING PARTS, AMPUTATED, FINGER, GLOVE, CAUGHT BY, DRILL PRESS

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307167841			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Tool programmers, numerical control

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