Accident Report Detail
Accident: 201021748 - Employee Injures Both Hands When Caught In Punch Press
Accident: 201021748 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 06/25/2008 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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125474700 | 06/26/2008 | 3085 | Lixit Corporation | ||||
At approximately 9:15 a.m. on June 25, 2008, Employee #1 was manually feeding two metal clamps into the die of an EW Bliss punch press. As she fed the clamps using both hands, the ram self-activated and caught both her thumbs. Emergency services were contacted and, upon arrival, Employee #1 was taken to a nearby medical facility, where she was hospitalized and treated for a fractured right thumb and partially degloved left hand. | |||||||
Keywords:
die, fracture, finger, degloved, caught by, caught between, punch press, hand
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 125474700 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Laborers, except construction |