OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221424914

GIESE MANUFACTURING CO. INC.

DUBUQUE, IA· 2021-12-29T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Bending Machine, Caught Between, Die, Finger, Fingertip, Guard, Hand, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Metal, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Point Of Operation, Press Brake, Sheared, Unguarded, Unstable Position
NAICS: 332999
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345711642
Employer profile: GIESE MANUFACTURING CO. INC.
Summary number: 221424914
Report ID: 0751910

Event description

Employee amputates fingertips while using press brake to ben

Investigation abstract

At 4:30 p.m. on December 29, 2021, an employee was using a Toyokoki Model APB-286u Press Brake to bend 1.761 inch by 11.375 inch parts the short way. The employee was holding a part as it was being bent when he caught his left hand ring and middle fingertips in between the die and the punch. The employee amputated his fingertips to the bottom of the nail requiring medical treatment without hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 26 M

Event type
2

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