Accident Report Detail
Accident: 201126885 - Employee'S Finger Is Amputated By Machine
Accident: 201126885 -- Report ID: 0950613 -- Event Date: 09/10/2008 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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310094495 | 09/11/2008 | 3089 | Tyco Electronics Corporation | ||||
At approximately 9:15 a.m. on September 10, 2008, Employee #1 was working alone, operating a pneumatic table-top punch unit to remove sections of plastic cable insulation material for testing. He admitted to bypassing the two-hand control by using his right forearm and hand to activate both controls while holding a piece of the cable against the die with his left hand. One of Employee #1's left fingers was amputated. | |||||||
Keywords:
die, amputated, hand control, die cutting press, finger, two-hand control, press operator, punch press, hand, press
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 310094495 | Non Hospitalized injury | Amputation | Extruding and forming machine operators |