Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 131288.015 - Employee partially amputates finger while using punch press

Accident Summary Nr: 131288.015 -- Report ID: 0418400 -- Event Date: 11/18/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1503752.015	11/23/2020		332311	Hornet Steel Buildings, Inc.

Abstract: On November 18, 2020, an employee (press operator) was utilizing the punch section of a Geka Ironworker (model: HYD 165, serial number: 192039) to punch holes into flat metal plates. At 8:17 a.m., the employee was manually adjusting a metal plate with the use of his right hand on the punching table, when he depressed the machine's foot pedal control. This action resulted in the lowering of the machine's hold down device, which caught the employee's right middle finger between the punching table and the hold down device. The employee sustained a partial amputation to the right hand middle finger above the first joint. The employee was treated without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Finger, Foot Control, Foot pedal, Metal Plating, Partial Amputation, Press Operator, Punch Press

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1503752.015	19	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Pressing machine operators

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