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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 94878.015 - Employee'S Thumb Is Amputated During Use Of Press Brake

**Accident: 94878.015 -- Report ID: 0111100 -- Event Date: 04/12/2017**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1226286.015	04/19/2017		Neokraft Signs, Inc.

At 10:15 a.m. on April 12, 2017, an employee was using a press brake to bend a 1 2 guage aluminum sheet. While the press was in the intermediate position, the em ployee's right thumb became caught in the press clamp and his thumb was amputate d.

Keywords: amputated, caught between, press brake, thumb

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1226286.015	22	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.

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