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Accident Summary Nr: 110722.015 - Employee amputates four fingers and portion of hand when cau

Accident Summary Nr: 110722.015 -- Report ID: 0524500 -- Event Date: 11/05/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1358338.015	11/06/2018		331210	Ptc Tubular Products Llc

Abstract: At 3:15 a.m. on November 5, 2018, an employee was standing in front of the Bronx/Taylor-Wilson tube straightener checking for flat spots along the tube as it was conveyed through unguarded forging roll. The employee reached into the machine while it was running to adjust the rollers by feel and caught his hand between the rollers, degloving his hand and amputating four fingers and a portion of his hand. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Caught In, Degloving, Finger, Guard, Roller Conveyor, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1358338.015	50	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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