Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 12555.015 - Employee's finger is amputated in spot welder.

Accident Summary Nr: 12555.015 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 04/02/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
329108.015	04/04/2012		339999	Pacific Manufacturing Ohio, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on April 2, 2012, an employee was operating a spot welder. The employee had just hit the two hand buttons for the first weld and after the head went up, he reached to move the part to the second weld station and the head came back down without him hitting the two hand button. The employee's finger was caught in the spot welder when it repeated and his finger was amputated. The report did not specify if the amputation occurred on the right or left hand. The employee was hospitalized for his injury.

Keywords: Amputation, Finger, Nip Point, Spot Welding

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	329108.015	25	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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