Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200371391 - Employee Cuts Finger Using Punch Press

Accident Summary Nr: 200371391 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 02/08/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303575708	03/05/2001	3624	0	National Electrical Carbon Products, Inc.Dba Morga

Abstract: Employee #1, a punch press operator in the traction area of the electrical components plant, cut her finger when she accidentally pressed the foot pedal of the punch press. The punch press is manual feed, full revolution clutch, single action foot stroke. On the day of the accident, she had noticed that the wires on the carbon brush she was punching were not straight. Employee #1 tried to hold and straighten the wires by placing her left index finger along the side of the carbon brush, extending her hand in the point of operation when she accidentally pressed the foot pedal on the punch press machine. Her finger was caught in the nip point. She sustained a cut to her finger which resulted in a fractured tip.

Keywords: FINGER, CAUGHT BETWEEN, LACERATION, PUNCH PRESS

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	303575708			Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Punching and stamping press machine operators

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