Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 118547.015 - Employee amputates fingertip when caught in machine nip poin

Accident Summary Nr: 118547.015 -- Report ID: 0317700 -- Event Date: 07/25/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1420150.015	08/02/2019		331111	Jersey Shore Steel Company

Abstract: At 7:45 a.m. on July 25, 2022, an employee was removing strips of metal from a machine. The employee placed his hand in a nip point when the machine cycled. The employee amputated his fingertip, requiring medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Engineering Controls, Finger, Fingertip, Guard, Inexperience, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Metal, Metal Strip, Mill--Plant, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Nip Point, Partial Amputation, Pinched, Steel, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1420150.015	40	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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