Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170186654 - Employee's finger crushed in screw machine

Accident Summary Nr: 170186654 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 05/01/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112083100	05/02/1991	3965	0	Fairchild Trider Fastener

Abstract: At approximately 7:30 a.m. on May 1, 1991, Employee #1 was operating the Brown and Sharpe automatic screw machine #1 in Department 28. Her job was to feed small bushings into the point of operation, then remove them within the 14 second operation cycle. While doing this repetitive procedure, Employee #1's right index finger became caught and was crushed between the collet and the ram at the point of operation. She suffered serious injuries to her right index finger and was hospitalized for reconstructive surgery. The machine's point of operation was not guarded.

Keywords: FINGER, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, POINT OF OPERATION, PRESS OPERATOR, UNGUARDED, MACHINE--MISC

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112083100			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Machine operators, not specified

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