Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 981175 - Employee's fingers are amputated by brake press

Accident Summary Nr: 981175 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 07/28/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
114968332	08/04/1993	3441	0	Boss Manufacturing And Distributing Inc.

Abstract: On or about July 28, 1993, Employee #1 was asked to help a coworker perform a job on a 225 ton Chicago mechanical brake press. The employee put a piece of material in the press, then pushed the foot pedal to cycle the machine. When the machine cycled, her fingers were caught in the point of operation. The employee immediately took her foot off the pedal to stop the press, leaving three of her fingers pinched in the point of operation. The employee panicked and stepped back on the foot pedal. The ram lowered even more and amputated the three fingers.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, PRESS BRAKE, FINGER, CAUGHT BY, POINT OF OPERATION, FOOT-POWERED PRESS, RAM

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	114968332			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Punching and stamping press machine operators

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