Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 136782.015 - Employee fractures lower arm in press dies, requires surgery

Accident Summary Nr: 136782.015 -- Report ID: 0524500 -- Event Date: 06/29/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1539713.015	07/01/2021		333415	Colmac Coil Midwest, Inc.

Abstract: At 1:15 p.m. on June 29, 2021, an employee working as a pressing machine operator for an HVAC and commercial refrigeration equipment manufacturer was operating an Oak Fin Model FP-3B Progressive Die Press. The employee noticed the aluminum sheet had become stuck to the top die. The employee placed his hand between the top and bottom die to dislodge the metal sheet. The press cycled while the employee had his hand inside the point of operation. The employee was hospitalized to treat bone fractures to his arm, which required surgery.

Keywords: Arm, Broken Bone, Caught Between, Die, Die Safety Device, Forearm, Fracture, HVAC, Hand, Inexperience, Jammed, Lack of Work Procedures, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Cycled, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Manufacturing, Metal, Metal Sheet, Pinch Point, Pinched, Point Of Operation, Power Press, Press, Press Operator, Production Line, Safety Device, Sheet, Sheet Metal, Stuck

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1539713.015	20	M	Hospitalized injury		Pressing machine operators

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