Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 94032.015 - Employee's hand is crushed by punch press, multiple finger a

Accident Summary Nr: 94032.015 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 01/12/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1204558.015	01/23/2017		339999	Crenshaw Manufacturing, Inc.

Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. on January 12, 2017, an employee was placing pieces, one at a time, onto a die and pressing down the piece with her left hand, then activating the Niagara power operated press #10 punch press with her right hand. The process was performed from the right side of the punch press #10 with a one hand button located on the right side of the machine. The employee was unaware of where her left hand was when she pressed the button to activate with her right hand, crushing her left hand and resulting in the amputation of three fingers.

Keywords: Amputation, Crushing, Machine Guarding, Mechanical Power Press

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1204558.015	53	F	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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