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Accident: 980987 - Employee Amputates Fingertips In Punch Press

**Accident: 980987 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 08/25/1992**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
115017154	09/01/1992	3544	Ctm Challenge Tool & Mfg

AT APPROXIMATELY 7:30 A.M. ON AUGUST 25, 1992, EMPLOYEE #1 CAUGHT THE TIPS OF HER RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER AND RING FINGER IN THE PINCHPOINT OF THE WALSH MECHANICAL FULL-REVOLUTION PUNCH PRESS #6611. HER FINGERS WERE CAUGHT WHEN SHE STEPPED ONTO THE PROPERLY GUARDED FOOT PEDAL WHILE PLACING PARTS INTO THE POINT OF OPERATION. THE FOOT PEDAL HAD JUST BEEN INSTALLED BECAUSE THE PALM BUTTONS WERE NOT WORKING CORRECTLY.

Keywords: amputated, finger, caught by, inexperience, point of operation, foot-powered press, punch press

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	115017154			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Punching and stamping press machine operators

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