Accident Report Detail
Accident: 104608.015 - Two Employees Had Their Fingers Pinched By A Machine
Accident: 104608.015 -- Report ID: 0953210 -- Event Date: 03/07/2018 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1300084.015 | 03/08/2018 | Tesla Motors Nv, Inc. | |||||
At 3:00 p.m. on March 7, 2018, two female employees were working for a firm that manufactured storage batteries. Employees #1 and #2 were, in different instance s, inspecting material and equipment as batteries were being compressed together . The compressing equipment was known as the MMAMC 2.0 "Picture Frame" cylinder. The employees were leaning on a picture frame as the cylinders were being compr essed. They inserted their fingers into an unguarded hole which housed a cylinde r that moved laterally past this hole. Employee #1 sustained the laceration of h er middle finger. Employee #2 sustained the amputation of her ring finger at the first knuckle. One employee was hospitalized, and the other employee was not ho spitalized. | |||||||
Keywords:
amputated, amputation, battery, caught between, finger, laceration, machine guarding
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 1300084.015 | 37 | F | Non Hospitalized injury | Assemblers | ||
2 | 1300084.015 | 25 | F | Hospitalized injury | Assemblers |