Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 302888201 - Employee's Finger Amputated in Pipe Bending Machine

Accident Summary Nr: 302888201 -- Report ID: 0352460 -- Event Date: 11/29/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302888201	11/30/1999	0782	0	Homestead Gardens, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, a nursery worker, was working with the foreman on a pipe bending machine. They were bending pieces of fence pipe for frames on the green houses so they could put a cover over the entire green house. Employee #1 was feeding the pipe into the unguarded pipe bending machine while wearing gloves. His left small finger was caught between the fence pipe and the bending wheels. His left small finger was crushed and amputated. The manager stated that he had removed the guard a few days prior to the accident to clean and adjust the bending wheels and forgot to put the guard back on the machine to cover the bending wheels.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, GLOVE, GUARD, NURSERY, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, FENCE, PIPE, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	302888201			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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