Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 98873.015 - Employee's fingers are caught in and amputated by a pipe ben

Accident Summary Nr: 98873.015 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 09/05/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1262654.015	09/11/2017		332996	Appian Manufacturing Corporation

Abstract: At 3:30 p.m. on September 5, 2017, Employee #1 was loading pipe into a Comco CNC Pipe Bender. Employee #1 started the bender operation cycle while holding the pipe with his right hand. His right ring and index fingers became caught in and crushed between the clamp die on the bender and the pipe that was positioned in the bend die. Employee #1's fingers were amputated, and he was hospitalized for treatment.

Keywords: Amputated, Bending Machine, Caught Between, Crushing, Finger, Machine Guarding, Pipe

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1262654.015	27	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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