Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202521761 - Employee Suffers Partial Finger Amputation

Accident Summary Nr: 202521761 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 10/19/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314994294	11/14/2011	3441	332312	Valley Iron Works, Inc.

Abstract: On October 19, 2011, Employee #1, of Valley Iron Works, Incorporated, was sanding down the edges of a metal bracket with a bench disc sander. The metal bracket was caught in a small groove in the sanding wheel. It flipped the metal up into the wheel, along with the employee's right thumb. The groove formed because of the old glue, which had not been completely scraped off prior to applying the new sanding pad. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital and treated for a partial thumb amputation that he sustained during the incident.

Keywords: WHEEL, SANDING MACHINE, AMPUTATED, GLUE, FINGER, THUMB, CAUGHT BETWEEN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	314994294			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.

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