Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 673913 - Employee's thumb amputated by hydraulic vise

Accident Summary Nr: 673913 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 06/25/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101928893	06/25/1986	3523	0	John Deere Tractor Works

Abstract: Employee #1 leaned over the bed of a bandsaw to measure for the cutting length of a pipe. He inadvertently leaned on the lever that activates the hydraulic vise and the vise closed on his thumb, amputating it.

Keywords: HOLD-DOWN CLAMP, AMPUTATED, BANDSAW, WORK RULES, CONTROL LEVER, THUMB, CAUGHT BETWEEN, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101928893			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Industrial machinery repairers

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