Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 93826.015 - Employee amputates finger during equipment testing

Accident Summary Nr: 93826.015 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 03/06/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1216743.015	03/13/2017		327120	Belden Brick

Abstract: At 7:30 a.m. on March 6, 2017, an employee and a coworker were testing a newly installed actuator on a dust collector. Unaware that the employee had his right index finger pressing on a rubber seal belonging to the actuator, the coworker cycled its pneumatic cylinders. The rubber seal on which the employee's finger was located between two metal rings that closed when the equipment cycled and amputated the tip of his finger. The equipment operated between 95 and 100 p.s.i. when cycled.

Keywords: Air Pressure, Amputation, Caught In, Finger, Guard, Lockout/Tagout, Pinned

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1216743.015	35	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machinery maintenance occupations

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