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Accident Summary Nr: 101717.015 - Employee's finger is amputated when caught between spindle a

Accident Summary Nr: 101717.015 -- Report ID: 0522300 -- Event Date: 12/08/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1283177.015	12/14/2017		332710	Square One Engineering Llc

Abstract: At 2:45 p.m. on December 8, 2017, Employee #1 was running an edge test on a piece of steel. The employee normally utilizes a magnetic type dial indicator that is affixed to the chuck. He had to borrow another employees dial indicator, which is affixed the same as normal tooling. The chuck is pneumatically operated to hold the parts in the spindle. Employee #1 had set the part in when he noticed that the dial indicator was set up too close and tried to move it. He grabbed the dial indicator and his finger became caught between the spindle and part, amputating his left pinky finger.

Keywords: Amputated, Caught Between, Finger, Spindle, Steel

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1283177.015	55	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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