On Wednesday, March 29th 2017 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Menomonee Falls, WI at Alto-Shaam, Inc.. A 53 year old man working as a Machine operator was injured on the job when the employee amputated fingertip in hydraulic brake press
Accident Date2017-03-21
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAs 1:00 p.m. on March 21, 2017, Employee #1 was using the hydraulic brake press to bend metal. The employee was holding the product with his left hand at the bottom and his right hand at the top. Employee #1 was wearing heavy rubber glov es to protect his hands from the sharp edges of the metal. The employee did not notice that his glove and the fingertip of his left ring finger were in the se cond bend slot. When he activated the machine to make the first bend, he crushe d his finger in the second bend slot, which resulted in the amputation of his l eft ring fingertip.