Accident Report Detail
Accident: 98986.015 - Employee'S Fingertip Is Amputated By Punch Press
Accident: 98986.015 -- Report ID: 0636900 -- Event Date: 08/29/2017 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1263615.015 | 09/14/2017 | Branch Ironworks, Llc | |||||
At 1:15 p.m. on August 29, 2017, Employee #1 was operating a punch press with hi s left index finger on top of the guard. During normal operation, as the machin e cycles, the material sticks to the punch and uses the bottom of the guard to d islodge the material. When the machine was on the upstroke, it caught the emplo yee's finger between the guard and the machine, amputating the tip of his left i ndex finger. | |||||||
Keywords:
amputated, caught between, finger, machine guarding, punch press
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 1263615.015 | 28 | M | Hospitalized injury | Machine operators, not specified |