Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 94245.015 - Employee amputates finger on tube cutting machine

Accident Summary Nr: 94245.015 -- Report ID: 0728500 -- Event Date: 03/22/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1220553.015	03/28/2017		335129	Peterson Manufacturing Company

Abstract: At 10:30 a.m. on March 22, 2017, Employee #1 was using the Eubanks tube cutting machine to cut two inch lengths of tubing. Static electricity had built up on the plastic tubing, causing it to clump at the outfeed. When this occurs, the employees are trained to tap on the bottom of the metal chute to discharge the static and release the clumped cut tubing. The employee reached under the guard, over the top of the chute, and swept the pieces away from the machine. When doing this, her right index finger entered the point of operations and the pad of her right index finger was amputated.

Keywords: Amputated, Finger, Machine Guarding, Point Of Operation, Static Electricity

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1220553.015	39	F	Non Hospitalized injury		Assemblers

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