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Accident Summary Nr: 117001.015 - Employee amputates fingers and crushes forearm while using t

Accident Summary Nr: 117001.015 -- Report ID: 0215800 -- Event Date: 06/07/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1407238.015	06/10/2019		322121	Potsdam Specialty Paper, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on June 7, 2019, an employee was threading a paper machine by pulling the tail away from the drum reel when his right arm was pulled into nip point between spool and drum. The employee was hospitalized and suffered amputations of his pinky and ring fingers on his right hand and crushing injuries to his right forearm.

Keywords: Amputation, Caught In, Crushed, Finger, Forearm, Paper Machine, Threading Machine

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1407238.015	35	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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