Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 115846.015 - Employee amputates finger by press coil mandrel arm

Accident Summary Nr: 115846.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 05/09/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1395876.015	05/01/2019		336370	G-Tekt America Corporation

Abstract: At approximately 10:00 a.m. on May 9, 2019, an employee was attempting to manually push a steel coil onto a press loading mandrel to align it. The mandrel arm/coil arm slid off the top of the coil and pinched the employee's finger between the arm and the upper part of the steel coil. There was an amputation of the right index fingertip, and the employee was hospitalized for these injuries.

Keywords: Amputation, Finger, Fingertip, Mandrel, Pinched, Pneumatic, Steel

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1395876.015	35	M	Hospitalized injury		Machinery maintenance occupations

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