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Accident: 170710545 - Employee'S Fingertip Amputated In Press Brake

Accident: 170710545 -- Report ID: 0111500 -- Event Date: 01/17/1996
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
12316407101/17/19963647Trans-Lite Inc.
Employee #1 was operating a press brake bending small pieces and caught his right index finger in the point of operation. He suffered a partial amputation to the first digit of the index finger. No safety guards were installed on the machine at the time of the incident.
Keywords: amputated, finger, work rules, caught by, point of operation, press, unguarded
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 123164071 Hospitalized injury Amputation Punching and stamping press machine operators

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