Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 118533.015 - Employee ampuates finger in unguarded spot welding machine

Accident Summary Nr: 118533.015 -- Report ID: 0521400 -- Event Date: 07/22/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1420085.015	07/30/2019		336399	Elgin Industries, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on July 22, 2019, an employee was operating an unguarded spot welding machine feeding bars into the machine. The employee reached into the machine and amputated his right hand ring finger, requiring medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Finger, Hand, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Metal Bar, Pinched, Point Of Operation, Spot Welding, Unguarded, Welding

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1420085.015	60	F	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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