Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201498292 - Employee Suffers Punch Press Crushing Injury

Accident Summary Nr: 201498292 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 05/30/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
316725936	11/20/2013	3499	332999	Pacific Metal Fab, Inc

Abstract: On May 30, 2013, an incident occurred as Employee #1 was setting up the tooling on a punch press prior to a product run . Employee #1 had depressed the foot actuator to begin the tooling cycle, as he reached around the backside of the die his thumb tip became caught between final quarter inch gap of the punch and die as the machine cycled through. According to witnesses the thumb was not severed and did appear battered. Employee #1 was taken to the company doctor's office for treatment.

Keywords: THUMB, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, PUNCH PRESS, PRESS

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	316725936			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Punching and stamping press machine operators

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